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instruct

[in-struhkt]

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verb (used with object)

to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.

to furnish with orders or directions; direct; order; command: The doctor instructed me to diet.

to furnish with information; inform; apprise.

Law. (of a judge) to guide (a jury) by outlining the legal principles involved in the case under consideration.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin instructus past participle of instruere to equip, train, set in order, equivalent to in- in-² + struc- (variant stem of struere to put together) + -tus past participle suffix

Related forms

in·struct·ed·ly, adverb

in·struct·ed·ness, noun

in·struct·i·ble, adjective

mis·in·struct, verb (used with object)

o·ver·in·struct, verb (used with object)

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pre·in·struct, verb (used with object)

qua·si-in·struct·ed, adjective

re·in·struct, verb (used with object)

self-in·struct·ed, adjective

self-in·struct·ing, adjective

un·in·struct·i·ble, adjective

un·in·struct·ing, adjective

well-in·struct·ed, adjective

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Synonyms
1. tutor, coach; drill, discipline; indoctrinate; school. See teach. 2. prescribe. 3. enlighten.

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a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like

sufficient forethought to impute deliberation and intent to commit the act

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Example Sentences

Stenciled icons on the pathway instruct eastbound cyclists to use the right side and pedestrians to use the left.

Imagine if you could instruct those services to interact with each other automatically under certain conditions.

He even found time to ring private businessmen and instruct them to lower their prices or sell their stockpiled dollars.

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Stenciled icons on the pathway instruct eastbound cyclists to use the right side and pedestrians to use the left.

Imagine if you could instruct those services to interact with each other automatically under certain conditions.

He even found time to ring private businessmen and instruct them to lower their prices or sell their stockpiled dollars.

Instruct them to label with different shades states with population densities that fall into the.

Although emergency crews and police prefer and instruct that civilians stay away.

Second, the main job of any particular gene is to instruct cells to make its corresponding protein.

Connors next hopes to identify the mechanisms that instruct cytotoxic cells to take up arms.

They will instruct the mothers as to the general care of the infants.

The trouble is that those theories do not help train teachers to instruct their students as best as possible.

Instruct them to reach consensus on the establishment of three groups of countries.

Instruct the captain to draw every play on the ground.

Please instruct me who to contact regarding this possible employment.

We will be contacting impacted customers directly to both apologise and instruct them on next steps.

Then the treating doctor must instruct a laboratory to use the type of culture media on which the organisms grow.

Unfortunately for those of us who instruct in philosophy, there are other ways to become proficient in critical thinking.

Unless you instruct us otherwise, your cells will be destroyed at the conclusion of the project.

Many tall corporate buildings now instruct their tenants to turn off the lights at night.

In theory, humans wouldn't be required to instruct the scouts while they wheel around about what pictures to take.

Men are likely to instruct their wives and children.

It was really frustrating to have my mentors instruct me to ask these types of.

Instruct students to read, review, and count pizzeria listings.

They end up having to problem solve, digest, and instruct others in an explicit and detailed manner.

The idea of using punch cards to instruct and control a system became the basis of computer programming.

Instruct students to write a descriptive paragraph about their kimono.

Alarmed, he'll quickly get on his radio to instruct one of the pilots to change course.

Milazzo to instruct them on how to become legal nurse consultants.

Instruct the students to take notes on the findings of each team.

I'll be able to instruct an agent to sit out there in the electronic market, watching for those shoes to go on sale.

Songs, sketches, and musical numbers geared to entertain and instruct children six to nine years of age.

Hand one student a ball of yarn and instruct the student to hold onto the end of the yarn.

Carmack's breakthrough was to instruct the machine to draw only what the player would see from his point of view.

King's kinetic treatise contained so much wit and grace that it afforded pleasure even as it attempted to instruct.

Instruct students to look for resources on the various sites that discuss the interaction between nature and economics.

Some cables instruct them to collect information on how other countries are using biometrics to keep tabs on local extremists.

Winners, not losers, write the history books intended to instruct the next generation.

Instruct student pairs to work together to gather the information requested on the data sheet.

And he has taken the opportunity to instruct us in our highest concerns, even when the throng was calling for soaring rhetoric.

Then instruct students to point to the roots in the first two pictures.

Tanta used her extensive knowledge of the loan industry to comment, castigate and above all instruct.

In addition, instruct students to research measures that have been mobilized to restore the health of the bay.

If unintended contact is made, the manuals instruct guides to initiate communication with natives in local tongues.

They were on call to serve and instruct him about their cultures.

Instruct children to place aluminum cans in a recycling container specifically for aluminum waste.

Instruct students to look at the information on their charts.

They instruct our escorts to turn off the music in our car.

Instruct them to appear suddenly when the dog is fairly close to them.

They will instruct you if it is necessary to take the patient to the hospital.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

instruct (ɪnˈstrʌkt)

—vb
1.	to direct to do something; order
2.	to teach (someone) how to do (something)
3.	to furnish with information; apprise
4.	chiefly (Brit) law
	a. (esp of a client to his solicitor or a solicitor to a barrister) to give relevant facts or information to
	b. to authorize (a barrister or solicitor) to conduct a case on a person's behalf: to instruct counsel

[C15: from Latin instruere to construct, set in order, equip, teach, from struere to build]

in'structible

—*adj*

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