instruct
Meaning of instruct
verb
- tell or order someone to do something, especially in a formal or official way.
she instructed him to wait
‘Look at me,’ he instructed
I instructed that she should be given hot, sweet tea
- teach (someone) a subject or skill.
he instructed them in the use of firearms
instructing electors how to record their votes
- (of a client) employ or authorize (a solicitor or barrister) to act on one's behalf.
he must indicate which of the firms he wishes to instruct
- give information to (someone).
the bank was instructed that the money from the deposit account was now held by the company
late Middle English (in instruct (sense 2)): from Latin instruct- ‘constructed, equipped, taught’, from the verb instruere, from in- ‘upon, towards’ + struere ‘pile up’.
Information about instruct
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of instruct is: instructs.
- Languages in which instruct is used:
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Hyphenation of instruct
in-struct
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- instruct is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
instruct synonyms
Meaning teach:
Meaning apprise:
Meaning give an authoritative instruction to do something:
Meaning give an authoritative or peremptory order:
Meaning give (someone) an official order or authoritative instruction:
Meaning order or advise someone to do something:
Meaning instruct or urge (someone) to do something:
Meaning (of someone in authority) instruct or expect (someone) to do something:
Meaning give (someone) authority to act in a certain way:
Meaning demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied:
Meaning state or order authoritatively:
Meaning offer (a certain price) for something, especially at an auction:
Meaning send to school; educate:
Meaning travel by coach:
Meaning teach (a person or animal) a particular skill or type of behaviour through practice and instruction over a period of time:
Meaning instruct (someone) thoroughly in a subject:
Meaning give (someone) spiritual knowledge or insight:
Meaning make (something) visible or bright by shining light on it; light up:
Meaning give (someone) facts or information; tell:
Meaning speak in or compose verse; versify:
Meaning instruct or improve (someone) morally or intellectually:
Meaning give intellectual, moral, and social instruction to (someone), typically at a school or university:
Meaning act as a tutor to (a single pupil or a very small group):
Meaning direct or influence the behaviour or development of:
Meaning make (someone) ready or able to do or deal with something:
Meaning of first importance; main:
Meaning subject (someone) to military training exercises:
Meaning train (someone) to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience:
Meaning give work to (someone) and pay them for it:
Meaning instruct or inform (someone) thoroughly, especially in preparation for a task:
Meaning inform (someone) of something, typically in a formal or official manner:
Meaning offer suggestions about the best course of action to someone:
Meaning make someone aware of or familiar with:
Meaning give (someone) knowledge or understanding of something:
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Words that rhyme with instruct
eruct, usufruct, autodestruct, construct, deconstruct, deobstruct, destruct, disobstruct, exstruct, extruct, foreinstruct, misconstruct, misinstruct, obstruct, overconstruct, overinstruct, preconstruct, preinstruct, preobstruct, reconstruct, reinstruct, struct, substruct, superstruct, unobstruct
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