instructions
Britishplural noun
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directions, orders, or recommended rules for guidance, use, etc
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law the facts and details relating to a case given by a client to his solicitor or by a solicitor to a barrister with directions to conduct the case
to take instructions
Example Sentences
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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
He also wrote instructions on paper, “rap four times,” “rap seven.”
From Literature
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