Etymology

From instruction +‎ -alCategory:English terms suffixed with -al#INSTRUCTIONAL.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#INSTRUCTIONAL

Adjective

instructional (comparative more instructional, superlative most instructional)Category:English lemmas#INSTRUCTIONALCategory:English adjectives#INSTRUCTIONALCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#INSTRUCTIONALCategory:Pages with entries#INSTRUCTIONALCategory:Pages with 1 entry#INSTRUCTIONAL

1. Intended for purposes of instruction, for teaching.

   The manual might have been instructional had anybody actually taken the time to read it.Category:English terms with usage examples#INSTRUCTIONAL

2. Relating to the teaching profession.

   There are 33 instructional resignations tonight, double the amount at this time last year.Category:English terms with usage examples#INSTRUCTIONAL

   (teachers leaving their teaching position in a Texas school district)

Noun

instructional (plural instructionals)Category:English lemmas#INSTRUCTIONALCategory:English nouns#INSTRUCTIONALCategory:English countable nouns#INSTRUCTIONALCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#INSTRUCTIONALCategory:Pages with entries#INSTRUCTIONALCategory:Pages with 1 entry#INSTRUCTIONAL

1. A book, film, etc. intended to instruct.
   • 2008 May 18, Ginia Bellafante, “Mommy’s Dearest”, in New York Times‎:

     On legitimate days off, during the summer, Klam received poolside instructionals in monied femininity from Marcia and her three sisters — “the Jewish Gang of Four.”

     Category:English terms with quotations#INSTRUCTIONAL

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