[ UK /ɪnstɹˈʌkt/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈstɹəkt/ ]
VERB
  1. impart skills or knowledge to
    He instructed me in building a boat
    I taught them French
  2. make aware of
    Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?
  3. give instructions or directions for some task
    She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation
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How To Use instruct In A Sentence

  • By her own instruction she moaned and whined a lot.
  • That not only means that more information can be crunched at once, but these chips can also handle more complex instructions.
  • Or apply metal studs, according to the instructions provided with the package.
  • And this is the cause that disputes with such persons are generally fruitless, especially as immixed with that intemporancy of reviling other men wherein they exceed; for if that be a way either of learning or teaching of the truth, it is what the Scripture hath not instructed us in. Pneumatologia
  • The recent U.S. ranking by the World Economic Forum of 48th out of 133 developed or developing nations in quality of math and science instruction is a siren call. Jacqueline Edelberg: Political Will
  • Figures due out on November 21 might be instructive but a merger deal is not thought likely to figure in the statement.
  • The director organised two-day hippy schools for his extras, in which they were shown news clips from 1969 and instructed in hippy speak until such antiquated terms as 'crashpad', 'dig' and 'groovy' came naturally. Latest articles - Radio Prague
  • Always use protective equipment, including gloves, goggles, facemask, and follow the manufacturer's instructions. Times, Sunday Times
  • Australia has some very sophisticated capacity for instruction design, courseware development and on-line delivery.
  • It was this conviction that made the intrigues at OKH, the disregard and "mislaying" of unwelcome instructions, such a personal affair in the first summer's campaign. Barbarossa
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