Instruction
[ɪn'strʌkʃ(ə)n] or [ɪn'strʌkʃən]
Definition
(noun.) (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program.
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Definition
(n.) The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.
(n.) That which instructs, or with which one is instructed; the intelligence or information imparted
(n.) Precept; information; teachings.
(n.) Direction; order; command.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Teaching, information, education, indoctrination, training, schooling, discipline, tuition, nurture, breeding.[2]. Advice, counsel, precept.[3]. Direction, order, command, mandate.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Teaching, education, information, counsel, advice, direction, order, command
ANT:Misteaching, misinformation, misguidance, misdirection, misinstruction,obedience, pupilage
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Examples
- This statement needs to be rendered more specific by connecting it with the materials of school instruction, the studies which make up the curriculum. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I have tried to get on a little better under Mrs General's instruction, and I hope I am not quite so dull as I used to be. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- At the same time it affords a simple method of school instruction. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This awful revolution, wrote Gibbon of the Western collapse, may be usefully applied to the useful instruction of the present age. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The statements may help a teacher to a larger vision of the possible results to be effected by instruction in mathematical topics. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It was at the Port Huron public school that Edison received all the regular scholastic instruction he ever enjoyed--just three months. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I therefore asked that all troops in camps of instruction in the North-west be sent to him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It makes instruction and learning formal, mechanical, constrained. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- By reading only six hours a-day, I shall gain in the course of a twelve-month a great deal of instruction which I now feel myself to want. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The industry employs many thousands of people in the manufacture of these instruments and records which afford entertainment, instruction and amusement to the entire world. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Then I playfully tried verbal instruction in domestic matters, as we walked about on a Saturday afternoon. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Everything must go through this course; consequently there is a perfectly uniform method in instruction in all subjects for all pupils of all ages. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- An activity which brings education or instruction with it makes one aware of some of the connections which had been imperceptible. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- About each birthday the spirit moves me to deliver one oracle respecting my own instruction and management. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He was apprenticed to a good master and made rapid progress, but the climate of London was bad for his health, and as soon as his term of instruction was finished he went back to Scotland. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Yes; I had given Miss Harrison instructions to lock the door on the outside and take the key with her when she went to bed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I drew up all the instructions for the contemplated move, and kept them in my pocket until I should hear of the junction of our troops at Jackson. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We have no choice, you and I, but to obey our instructions. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Now, Betteredge, exert those sharp wits of yours, and observe the conclusion to which the Colonel's instructions point! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Left alone in the study, I opened the safe and withdrew the contents of the drawer in which he had told me I would find my instructions. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The 4th infantry went into camp at Salubrity in the month of May, 1844, with instructions, as I have said, to await further orders. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mind means carrying out instructions in action--as a child minds his mother--and taking care of something--as a nurse minds the baby. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The coachman brought a message for me, and written instructions for my lady's own maid and for Penelope. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I received my instructions and packed up for the journey the next day. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He can only repeat the instructions which he had the honour of giving her when she began her narrative. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He brought a commission to supersede Mr. Hamilton, who, tired with the disputes his proprietary instructions subjected him to, had resigned. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I selected General Weitzel, of the Army of the James, to go with the expedition, but gave instructions through General Butler. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But what, said Mr. Jaggers, swinging his purse,--what if it was in my instructions to make you a present, as compensation? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But, as it was, she only learned, from some very significant looks, how far their penetration, founded on Margaret's instructions, extended. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- If robbery for the purpose of gain was at the bottom of the conspiracy, the Colonel's instructions absolutely made the Diamond better worth stealing. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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