instruction
Americannoun
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the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education.
- Synonyms:
- schooling, indoctrination, exercise, drill, training
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knowledge or information imparted.
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an item of such knowledge or information.
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Usually instructions. orders or directions.
The instructions are on the back of the box.
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the act of furnishing with authoritative directions.
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Computers. a command given to a computer to carry out a particular operation.
noun
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a direction; order
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the process or act of imparting knowledge; teaching; education
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computing a part of a program consisting of a coded command to the computer to perform a specified function
Other Word Forms
- instructional adjective
- misinstruction noun
- noninstructional adjective
- noninstructionally adverb
- overinstruction noun
- preinstruction noun
- reinstruction noun
- self-instruction noun
Etymology
Origin of instruction
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English instruccio(u)n, from Latin instructiōn-, stem of instructiō; equivalent to instruct + -ion
Example Sentences
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He began his religious instruction at 4 and continued his studies at the revered hawza, a network of illustrious seminaries.
From Los Angeles Times
T cells act as the immune system's memory, preserving instructions from past infections so the body can respond quickly in the future.
From Science Daily
Cells read genetic instructions in sets of three letters called codons, and each codon corresponds to a specific amino acid.
From Science Daily
Nika Kovač called on the Commission to provide member states with clear instructions on how they could use the EU funds.
From BBC
“If the instructions are ‘identify and target’ and there’s no human checkpoint, the speed and scale at which that could operate is genuinely frightening,” Claude informed me.
From Los Angeles Times
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