Instruction

/ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/ · noun

Meaning

(uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge..

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
2. (countable) An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
3. (countable) An order or command.
4. (in the plural) A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.
5. (law, in the plural) The directions given by a client to their lawyer in relation to a particular legal matter, which govern the purpose and scope of their work.
6. (computing) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.

Example Sentences

Students receive instruction in the arts and sciences.

Instruction will be provided on how to handle difficult customers.

Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”

If my instructions may be your guide.

Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.

I cannot act until I have taken instructions from my client.

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