instruction
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Etymology
From Middle English instruccioun, from Old French instruccion, from Latin instructio; equivalent to instruct + -ion.
Pronunciation
Noun
instruction (countable and uncountable, plural instructions)
- (uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
- Students receive instruction in the arts and sciences.
- Instruction will be provided on how to handle difficult customers.
- 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings:
- 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.”
- (countable) An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
- If my instructions may be your guide.
- (countable) An order or command.
- 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
- 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.
- (in the plural) A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.
- (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.
- I cannot act until I have taken instructions from my client.
- (computing) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:instruction
Derived terms
- absolute instruction
- instructional
- instruction cycle
- instructionless
- instruction time
- machine instruction
- macroinstruction
- malinstruction
- medium of instruction
- microinstruction
- misinstruction
- nanoinstruction
- noninstruction
- ostrich instruction
- overinstruction
- postinstruction
- preinstruction
- pseudoinstruction
- reinstruction
- subinstruction
- teleinstruction
- universal design for instruction
Translations
act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information
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that which instructs, or with which one is instructed
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order or command
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single operation of a processor
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set of directions provided by a manufacturer
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References
- “instruction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Etymology
From Latin īnstrūctiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
instruction f (plural instructions)
- instruction
- teaching
- hearing (of a matter in court or similar)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “instruction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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