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instruct

[ in-struhkt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.

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  2. to furnish with orders or directions; direct; order; command:

    The doctor instructed me to diet.

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  3. to furnish with information; inform; apprise.

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  4. Law. (of a judge) to guide (a jury) by outlining the legal principles involved in the case under consideration.


instruct

/ 瑟苍藞蝉迟谤蕦办迟 /

verb

  1. to direct to do something; order
  2. to teach (someone) how to do (something)
  3. to furnish with information; apprise
  4. law
    1. (esp of a client to his solicitor or a solicitor to a barrister) to give relevant facts or information to
    2. to authorize (a barrister or solicitor) to conduct a case on a person's behalf

      to instruct counsel

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of instruct1

First recorded in 1375鈥1425; late Middle English, from Latin instructus, past participle of instruere 鈥渢o equip, train, set in order,鈥 equivalent to in- 鈥渋n鈥 + struc- (variant stem of struere 鈥渢o put together鈥) + -tus past participle suffix; in- 2
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of instruct1

C15: from Latin instruere to construct, set in order, equip, teach, from struere to build
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Synonym Study

See teach.
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Lloyd instructed those close by to follow her and keep to the centre of the river.

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A mum with paranoid schizophrenia who killed her six-year-old son while believing she was being "instructed by a demonic force" has been given an indefinite hospital order.

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Republicans in Congress have instructed the committee that oversees Medicaid to cut $880 billion.

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They said teachers were instructed to 鈥渄isrupt the either/or thinking鈥 of elementary students about biological sex.

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And Sneako, who instructs viewers that "a woman鈥檚 worth is what she looks like and a man鈥檚 worth is your masculinity."

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