instruction
pronunciation
How to pronounce instruction in British English:
UK [ɪnˈstrʌkʃn]
How to pronounce instruction in American English:
US [ɪnˈstrʌkʃn]
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- Noun:
- a message describing how something is to be done
- the activities of educating or instructing or teaching; activities that impart knowledge or skill
- the profession of a teacher
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
Word Origin
- instruction (n.)
- c. 1400, instruccioun, "action or process of teaching," from Old French instruccion (14c.), from Latin instructionem (nominative instructio) "building, arrangement, teaching," from past participle stem of instruere "arrange, inform, teach," from in- "on" (see in- (2)) + struere "to pile, build" (see structure (n.)). Meaning "an authoritative direction telling someone what to do; a document giving such directions," is early 15c. Related: Instructions.
Example
- 1. There is nothing more valuable than great classroom instruction .
- 2. Mr murdoch 's next instruction was : let 's find some answers .
- 3. Francophone rwanda switched over in 2009 to english school instruction .
- 4. But the order issuing this instruction also called for a review .
- 5. There 's good reason for such instruction .