Instruct

[ɪn'strʌkt]

Definition

(verb.) give instructions or directions for some task; 'She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation'.

(verb.) make aware of; 'Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?'.

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Definition

(a.) Arranged; furnished; provided.

(a.) Instructed; taught; enlightened.

(v. t.) To put in order; to form; to prepare.

(v. t.) To form by communication of knowledge; to inform the mind of; to impart knowledge or information to; to enlighten; to teach; to discipline.

(v. t.) To furnish with directions; to advise; to direct; to command; as, the judge instructs the jury.

Checker: Susie

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Teach, inform, enlighten, educate, indoctrinate, drill, exercise, train, school.[2]. Direct, command, order, enjoin, prescribe to.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Enlighten, educate, inform, indoctrinate, acquaint, teach, edify, train,discipline, direct, initiate, command

ANT:Misinform, miseducate, misinstruct, misguide, mislead, misacquaint, deceive,neglect, barbarize, brutalize

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Definition

v.t. to prepare: to inform: to teach: to order or command.—adj. (Milt.) instructed.—adj. Instruct′ible able to be instructed.—n. Instruc′tion the act of instructing or teaching: information: command: (pl.) special directions commands—in parliamentary sense 'Instructions to the Committee' are supplementary and auxiliary to the Bill under consideration but falling broadly within its general scope.—adjs. Instruc′tional relating to instruction: educational; Instruc′tive containing instruction or information: conveying knowledge.—adv. Instruc′tively.—ns. Instruc′tiveness; Instruc′tor:—fem. Instruc′tress.

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