Meaning & use
experienced teacher
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Meaning
nouncountable
A teacher who has taught for a long time and has a lot of skill and knowledge.
Grammar: Countable: 'an experienced teacher', 'experienced teachers'.
Patterns
- an experienced teacher
- experienced teachers
- become an experienced teacher
The school hired an experienced teacher to lead the new program.
Experienced teachers often mentor those who are just starting out.
She became an experienced teacher after ten years in the classroom.
Word forms
| plural | experienced teachers |
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Common combinations
- highly experienced teacher
- He is a highly experienced teacher with over twenty years in the classroom.
- experienced teacher of English
- She is an experienced teacher of English as a second language.
- experienced teacher training
- The workshop is designed for experienced teacher training.
Synonyms and how they differ
- veteran teacher
- Suggests a teacher who has worked for a very long time; 'experienced teacher' is more neutral and common.
- seasoned teacher
- Similar but slightly more informal and often suggests someone who is calm and skilled; 'experienced' is more factual.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: experienced teacher or experienced in teaching?
experienced teacher vs experienced in teaching
This is a phrase using 'experienced in' plus an -ing form; it describes someone's skill, not a job title. 'An experienced teacher' is a noun phrase for the person.
Practice
The principal preferred to hire ___ rather than someone fresh out of college.
Choose one answer.
'An experienced teacher' is correct: 'experienced' is the adjective and 'an' is used before a vowel sound. 'An experienced' is wrong before a vowel; 'experience teacher' uses the noun instead of the adjective; 'experienced teacher' needs an article.
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