instruction
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#INSTRUCTIONCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#INSTRUCTION instruccioun, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#INSTRUCTION instruccion, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#INSTRUCTION instructio; equivalent to instruct + -ionCategory:English terms suffixed with -ion#INSTRUCTION.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/Category:English 3-syllable words#INSTRUCTIONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#INSTRUCTION
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#INSTRUCTIONAudio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌkʃənCategory:Rhymes:English/ʌkʃən#INSTRUCTIONCategory:Rhymes:English/ʌkʃən/3 syllables#INSTRUCTION
Noun
instruction (countable and uncountable, plural instructions)Category:English lemmas#INSTRUCTIONCategory:English nouns#INSTRUCTIONCategory:English uncountable nouns#INSTRUCTIONCategory:English countable nouns#INSTRUCTIONCategory:English countable nouns#INSTRUCTIONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#INSTRUCTIONCategory:Pages with entries#INSTRUCTIONCategory:Pages with 2 entries#INSTRUCTION
- (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#INSTRUCTION) The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
- Students receive instruction in the arts and sciences.Category:English terms with usage examples#INSTRUCTION
- Instruction will be provided on how to handle difficult customers.Category:English terms with usage examples#INSTRUCTION
- 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.”Category:English terms with quotations#INSTRUCTION
- (countableCategory:English countable nouns#INSTRUCTION) 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.Category:English terms with quotations#INSTRUCTION
- (countableCategory:English countable nouns#INSTRUCTION) 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.Category:English terms with quotations#INSTRUCTION
- (in the plural) A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.
- (lawCategory:en:Law#INSTRUCTION, 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#INSTRUCTION
- (computingCategory:en:Computing#INSTRUCTION) 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 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
Translations
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References
- “instruction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:French terms borrowed from Latin#INSTRUCTIONCategory:French learned borrowings from Latin#INSTRUCTIONCategory:French terms derived from Latin#INSTRUCTION īnstrūctiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃/Category:French 3-syllable words#INSTRUCTIONCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#INSTRUCTION
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#INSTRUCTIONAudio: (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#INSTRUCTIONAudio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#INSTRUCTIONAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#INSTRUCTIONAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#INSTRUCTIONAudio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Noun
instruction f (plural instructions)Category:French lemmas#INSTRUCTIONCategory:French nouns#INSTRUCTIONCategory:French countable nouns#INSTRUCTIONCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#INSTRUCTIONCategory:French feminine nouns#INSTRUCTIONCategory:Pages with entries#INSTRUCTIONCategory:Pages with 2 entries#INSTRUCTION
- (chiefly in the plural) instruction, direction
- (chiefly in the plural) order
- training, teaching
- (lawCategory:fr:Law#INSTRUCTION) investigation, enquiry
Related terms
Further reading
- “instruction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
