Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Capable of being taught.
- adjective Able and willing to learn.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being taught; apt to learn; ready to receive instruction; docile.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction; docile.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Capable of being
taught ; apt tolearn . - adjective Willing to receive
instruction or to learn;docile . - adjective That can be taught.
- adjective Facilitating teaching;
instructive .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective ready and willing to be taught
Etymologies
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Examples
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But he decided to use it as what he called a teachable moment to talk to the American people in an adult way about race.
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"This is what they call a teachable moment," said Robert F. Pezzella, executive assistant to the superintendent for school safety and violence prevention.
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Obama said he hoped the incident could be considered "what we call a teachable moment, where all of us ... spend a little more time listening to each other and try to focus on how we can generally improve relations between police officers and minority communities."
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So this is what you call a teachable moment here right now for Barack Obama.
Hullabaloo 2009
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"It really is what we call a teachable moment," Jaroflow said, noting the historic significance of same-sex marriage and related civil rights issues.
AroundTheCapitol.com 2008
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"It really is what we call a teachable moment," said Liz Jaroslow, the school's interim director, according to the newspaper.
WordPress.com News 2008
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"It really is what we call a teachable moment," Jaroflow said, noting the historic significance of same-sex marriage and related civil rights issues.
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"It really is what we call a teachable moment," Jaroflow said, noting the historic significance of same-sex marriage and related civil rights issues.
Latest Articles 2008
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And educators tend to think less in terms of justice, and look for what they call teachable moments.
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How many times did we hear this described as a teachable moment?
bilby commented on the word teachable
"And those who attend have a responsibility not merely to ensure that a very teachable moment does not pass by unexploited, but to help ensure that the next festival that focuses on a conflict-ridden city or country creates a much stronger intellectual and aesthetic foundation for its programming."
- Mark Levine, Framing Tel Aviv , aljazeera.net, 13 September 2009.
September 14, 2009