instruction

Academic Word List, sublist 6.

About 30.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.

   Students receive instruction in the arts and sciences.

2. noun An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
3. noun An order or command.
4. noun A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.
5. noun 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.

6. noun A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.

Similar words

education command pedagogy statement teaching direction educational activity program line didactic instructs

Often followed by

in and of to is for was on that

Word family

instruct instructed instructing instructional instructions instructive instructor instructors instructs