instruction.
The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
Meaning & usage
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.
An order or command.
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréweti Proto-Italic *strowō Latin struō Latin īnstruō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin īnstrūctiō Old French instruccion Middle English instruccioun English instruction From Middle English instruccioun, from Old French instruccion, from Latin instructio; equivalent to instruct + -ion.
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