Instruction

Noun

 * 1)  The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with information or knowledge.
 * Students receive instruction in the arts and sciences.
 * Instruction will be provided on how to handle difficult customers.
 * 1)  An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
 * 2) * Shakespeare
 * If my instructions may be your guide.
 * 1)  An order or command.
 * 2)  A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:instruction

Adjectives for Instruction
adequate; hurried; scattered; bloody; laconic; inevitable; careful; explicit; brave; ethical; botanical; clinical; stimulative; parochial; official; minute; thoughtful; elementary; theoretical; intellectual; facetious; pleasurable; cabled; hazy; vague; religious; tedious; classroom; parliamentary.

Verbs for Instruction
abide by—; attend to—; authorize—; comply with—; conform to—; contravene—; counsel—; deluge with—; desire—; disqualify for—; follow—; hearken to—; impart—; lack—; overwhelm with—s; prescribe—; profit by—; radio—; refuse—; —corrects; —guidfcs.

Thesaurus
accomplishments, account, acquaintance, acquisition of knowledge, acquisitions, admonition, advice, advising, advocacy, announcement, assignment, attainments, blue book, brief, briefing, bulletin, catechization, caution, caveat, chalk talk, charge, classes, coaching, command, commission, communication, communique, consultation, council, counsel, data, datum, dictate, didactics, direction, directive, directory, discourse, dispatch, disquisition, drill, drilling, edification, education, enlightenment, evidence, exercise, exhortation, exposition, expostulation, facts, factual information, familiarization, gen, general information, general orders, guidance, guidebook, guideline, handout, harangue, hard information, homework, homily, hortation, idea, illumination, incidental information, indoctrination, info, information, injunction, instructions, intelligence, knowledge, learning, lecture, lecture-demonstration, lesson, lessons, liberal education, light, mention, message, monition, moral, moral lesson, morality, moralization, notice, notification, object lesson, opinion, order, parley, pedagogics, pedagogy, preachment, precept, preparation, prescript, prescription, presentation, private teaching, programmed instruction, promotional material, proof, proposal, publication, publicity, recital, recitation, recommendation, reeducation, regulation, release, remonstrance, report, rule, schooling, self-instruction, self-teaching, sermon, set task, sidelight, skull session, sophistication, spoon-feeding, statement, store of knowledge, suggestion, talk, task, teaching, the dope, the goods, the know, the scoop, thought, training, transmission, tuition, tutelage, tutorage, tutorial, tutoring, tutorship, warning, white book, white paper, word

Etymology
instructio: confer French instruction.

Pronunciation




Translations

 * Danish: vejledning
 * Esperanto: instruado
 * Finnish: opastus, opettaminen, ohjaaminen
 * German:
 * Greek: οδηγία, εκπαίδευση, συμβουλή


 * Hebrew:
 * Romanian: instruire, învățare, învățământ
 * Russian: инструкция
 * Scottish Gaelic: stiùireadh, teagasg
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: instruktion


 * Danish: vejlederen
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: οδηγία, συμβουλή
 * Romanian: instrucțiune, indicație, învățătură, îndrumare


 * Scottish Gaelic: stiùireadh, teagasg
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: instruktör


 * Czech:
 * German: Assemblerbefehl
 * Greek: εντολή


 * Hebrew:
 * Romanian: instrucțiune
 * Swahili:


 * : instruo


 * : tid

Noun

 * 1) instruction