teachable

«teachable» in Mova's school dictionary: Able and willing to learn: a teachable puppy — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (teachable)

meaning for a pupil

1) (of a person or animal) Able and willing to learn: a teachable puppy. tree →

2) (of a subject or skill) Able to be taught: Kindness is teachable. tree →

3) «A teachable moment»: a chance in real life to learn something useful. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and school, a teachable child listens and tries. Teachers talk of «teachable moments» — when something happens (like a spider in class) that becomes a lesson. In science, some animals are more teachable than others.

examples

• Puppies are very teachable when they are young. tree →
• Is creativity teachable? tree →
• The broken window became a teachable moment about safety. tree →
• He is curious and teachable. tree →
• Good manners are teachable at any age. tree →
• Parrots are surprisingly teachable. tree →

note

Built from teach + -able. Opposite: unteachable. Close words: trainable, willing to learn.

In the corpora

• "A teachable moment" (US jargon) means a mistake to learn from.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «teachable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.