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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Examples
- He becomes careful to instruct them, and attentive to assist and relieve them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Cato and Varro, Virgil and Columella, Pliny and Palladius delighted to instruct the farmer and praise his occupation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- She loved him as a kind elder brother; a relation to guide, protect, and instruct her, without the too frequent tyranny of parental authority. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Happy people, who enjoy so many living examples of ancient virtue, and have masters ready to instruct them in the wisdom of all former ages! Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- My dearest, I am no saint, to be able to instruct you in such things; and I am afraid my views are not what the Church would approve of. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Later in the evening Black Michael joined them long enough to instruct them to make their preparations for landing on the morrow. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The curiosity and impatience of my master were so great, that he spent many hours of his leisure to instruct me. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Even the children were instructed, each to dip a wooden spoon into Mr. Micawber's pot, and pledge us in its contents. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The army was not accompanied by a pontoon train, and at that time the troops were not instructed in bridge building. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On returning from Mrs. Vesey's, I instructed Marian to write (observing the same caution which I practised myself) to Mrs. Michelson. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A lively altercation between us (in which Percival, previously instructed by me, refused to interfere) served the purpose in view. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Major-General Meade was instructed that Lee's army would be his objective point; that wherever Lee went he would go also. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I was instructed that this person's name was Mrs. Rubelle. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- To this they only replied with a smile of contempt, saying, that the farmer had instructed me very well in my lesson. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- She had worked even at the Latin accidence, fondly hoping that she might be capable of instructing him in that language. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The philosophy is eloquent about the duty of the teacher in instructing pupils; it is almost silent regarding his privilege of learning. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- What instructing do you think I should do? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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