instruction
the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education.
knowledge or information imparted.
an item of such knowledge or information.
Usually instructions. orders or directions: The instructions are on the back of the box.
the act of furnishing with authoritative directions.
Computers. a command given to a computer to carry out a particular operation.
Origin of instruction
1Other words for instruction
1 | tutoring, coaching; training, drill, exercise; indoctrination; schooling |
5 | command, mandate |
Other words from instruction
- in·struc·tion·al, adjective
- mis·in·struc·tion, noun
- non·in·struc·tion·al, adjective
- non·in·struc·tion·al·ly, adverb
- o·ver·in·struc·tion, noun
- pre·in·struc·tion, noun
- re·in·struc·tion, noun
- self-in·struc·tion, noun
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How to use instruction in a sentence
Algorithms—sets of instructions to solve a problem or complete a task—now drive everything from browser search results to better medical care.
Algorithms Workers Can’t See Are Increasingly Pulling the Management Strings | Tom Barratt | August 28, 2020 | Singularity HubPublishers can test how the Heavy Ads Intervention will affect their pages in versions of Chrome 84 and upward by following the instructions on this page.
Google Chrome’s new ‘heavy ads’ blocker catches some publishers by surprise | Lara O'Reilly | August 26, 2020 | DigidayThe district’s board of trustees supports the effort and the district’s curriculum and instruction division is developing a plan to implement it, said Manny Rubio, a spokesman for the district.
As School Resumes, Students Bring Racial Justice Push to the Classroom | Kayla Jimenez | August 18, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoSan Diego Unified officials have said that students will receive up to three hours per day of live online instruction.
For Now, New School-Like Day Camps Won’t Be Allowed in the Fall | Will Huntsberry | August 17, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoBefore Newsom’s announcement, district officials were preparing to offer full online learning, a hybrid learning model and full in class instruction if necessary, Koeppen said.
Rural Districts Still Lack Devices, Internet Access as School Year Draws Near | Kayla Jimenez | August 11, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
Fridays there is ethics and law of war training and instruction.
Pentagon Insider on New Plan to Fight ISIS: ‘Of Course It’s Not Enough’ | Nancy A. Youssef | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe language school did not focus on providing instruction but instead was a visa mill.
ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Growing Role of Human Trafficking in 21st Century Terrorism | Louise I. Shelley | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI was only a little freaked out by the morning's instruction.
Knowing Where the Bodies Are Buried: An Excerpt From 'Lives in Ruins' | Marilyn Johnson | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was also the question of inadequate protective gear and insufficient instruction.
If their students need lots of remedial instruction, the school can extend the school day, the school week, or the school year.
What Charter Schools Are Getting Right And Why They Top Our High School Rankings | Conor P. Williams | August 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut you will find most colleges and most college societies bar religious instruction and discussion.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsAt the latter date all artists were obliged to vacate the Sorbonne ateliers to make room for some new department of instruction.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementA second main division of our schooling was mathematical instruction of a sort.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsHis pupils paid each a talent a year for instruction; and Melanthius, and even Apelles himself, for a time, were among the number.
Put your neck under her yoke, and let your life receive instruction: she is near at hand to find.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel Conway
British Dictionary definitions for instruction
/ (ɪnˈstrʌkʃən) /
a direction; order
the process or act of imparting knowledge; teaching; education
computing a part of a program consisting of a coded command to the computer to perform a specified function
Derived forms of instruction
- instructional, adjective
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Scientific definitions for instruction
[ ĭn-strŭk′shən ]
A sequence of bits that tells a computer's central processing unit to perform a particular operation. An instruction can also contain data to be used in the operation.
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