Instruction Meaning
/ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
nounAn instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
Sentence Examples
We need some formal instruction in literature.
In other words, education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.
Thank you for your instruction. It really helped.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The user manual includes detailed ____ for assembling the bookshelf step by step.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please read every single ____ on the box before you try to assemble the new wooden bookshelf.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English instruccioun, from Old French instruccion, from Latin instructio; equivalent to instruct + -ion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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.”"
— 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings:
"If my instructions may be your guide."
— 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]:
"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."
— 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The user manual includes detailed ____ for assembling the bookshelf step by step.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please read every single ____ on the box before you try to assemble the new wooden bookshelf.