instruction
/ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/
instruction noun: the act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
Noun
instruction (countable and uncountable, plural instructions)
- 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.
- An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
- If my instructions may be your guide.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]...
- An order or command.
- 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.1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC
- A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.
- 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.
- A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.
instruction meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
instruction in Hindi
- that which instructs, or with which one is instructed
- सूचना sūcnā, विज्ञप्ति vijñapti
- act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information
- उपदेश updeś, शिक्षण śikṣaṇ, तालीम tālīm, अनुदेश anudeś
- order or command
- आदेश ādeś, निर्देश nirdeś, निदेश nideś, आज्ञा ājñā, हुक्म hukma, अनुदेश anudeś
- set of directions provided by a manufacturer
- निर्देश nirdeś
instruction in Tamil
- அறிவுரை, அறிவுறுத்தல் கட்டளை கற்பித்தல், கற்பித்தல், செயலுறுத்தக் கட்டளை, நெறி முறைக் கட்டளை ஆணை, ஆணை
instruction in Marathi
- that which instructs, or with which one is instructed
- सूचना sūcnā
- act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information
- शिक्षण śikṣaṇ
- order or command
- हुकूम hukūm
- set of directions provided by a manufacturer
- सूचना sūcnā
instruction in Urdu
- act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information
- اُپْدیش updeś
More languagesFewer languages
- instruction in Bengali
- তালিম talim
- instruction in Malayalam
- നിർദ്ദേശം niṟddēśaṁ
- instruction in Kannada
- ತಾಲೀಮು tālīmu
- instruction in Punjabi
- ਸਿੱਖ sikkh
- instruction in Sanskrit
- शिक्षण śikṣaṇa
- instruction in Nepali
- पाठ pāṭh
- instruction in Arabic
- تَعْلِيم taʕlīm, أَمْر ʔamr
- instruction in Malay
- arahan
- instruction in Indonesian
- instruksi
- instruction in Persian
- آموزه, آموزش, دستور, فرمان
- instruction in Vietnamese
- hướng dẫn
Examples of instruction in a sentence
- Following all relevant safety instructions, administer a dose of the corticosteroid.
- Administer a dose of the corticosteroid, following all relevant safety instructions.
- Because the vaccinia virus is live, it is important to follow care instructions for the vaccination site.
Synonyms of instruction
Forms of instruction
| plural | instructions |
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Origin of instruction
From Middle English instruccioun, from Old French instruccion, from Latin instructio; equivalent to instruct + -ion.
Words formed from instruction
- absolute instruction
- instructional
- instruction cycle
- instructionless
- instruction set architecture
- 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
Phrases with instruction
Words that rhyme with instruction
- induction
- reduction
- construction
- deduction
- suction
- transduction
- introduction
- traduction
- conduction
- destruction
- eduction
- fluxion
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Questions about instruction
- What does instruction mean?
- Instruction means the act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
- What is instruction in Hindi?
- Instruction in Hindi is सूचना (sūcnā), विज्ञप्ति (vijñapti), अनुदेश (anudeś). See Instruction meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is instruction?
- Instruction is a noun.
- How do you pronounce instruction?
- Instruction is pronounced /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/.
- What is the plural of instruction?
- The plural of instruction is instructions.
Words near instruction in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: instruction (page history and authors); instruction (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ತಾಲೀಮು (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਸਿੱਖ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); पाठ (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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