teaching, education, training; direction, guidance
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Instruction Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Instruction Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.
The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.
(n.)
That which instructs, or with which one is instructed; the intelligence or information imparted
That which instructs, or with which one is instructed; the intelligence or information imparted
(n.)
Precept; information; teachings.
Precept; information; teachings.
(n.)
Direction; order; command.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutDirection; order; command.
instruction
\in*struc"tion\ (?), n. [l. instructio: cf. f. instruction.]
1. the act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.
2. that which instructs, or with which one is instructed; the intelligence or information imparted; as: (a) precept; information; teachings. (b) direction; order; command. "if my instructions may be your guide."
similar words(20)
idealized instruction set
clinical instruction
computer-aided instruction
very long instruction word
instruction set processor
instruction book
instruction address register
instruction mnemonic
reduced instruction set computer
instruction manual
instruction prefetch
instruction execution
instruction set architecture
instruction set
instruction scheduling
macro instruction
orthogonal instruction set
reduced instruction set computing
complex instruction set computer
complex instruction set computing
Addygg = n. instruction
Athrawiaeth = n. instruction
Dysgad = n. instruction
Noun
1. a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them"
(synonym) direction
(hypernym) message, content, subject matter, substance
(hyponym) rule
2. the activities of educating or instructing or teaching; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good teaching is seldom rewarded"
(synonym) education, teaching, pedagogy, educational activity
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) coeducation
(part-meronym) classroom project
(derivation) teach, learn, instruct
(class) education
3. the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession"
(synonym) teaching, pedagogy
(hypernym) education
(hyponym) catechesis
4. (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
(synonym) command, statement, program line
(hypernym) code, computer code
(hyponym) call
(part-holonym) program, programme, computer program, computer programme
(classification) computer science, computing
Instruction Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
A direction by the House to a committee which has already received an order of reference, further defining its course of action or empowering it to do something. There are two types of instructions: permissive and mandatory.
Distinguish: order of reference.
Under the authority of the Clerk of the House of CommonsDistinguish: order of reference.
The delivery of information to enable learning. The process by which knowledge and skills are transferred to students. Instruction applies to both training and education.
Donald ClarkInstruction Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
In a programming language, an expression that specifies one operation and identifies its operands, if any.
Instruction Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Instruction(s) may refer to:
- Teaching, education performed by a teacher
- Instruction (computer science), a single operation of a processor within a computer architecture
- Instruction manual (gaming), a booklet that instructs the player on how to play the game
- Instruction (band), a rock band from New York City that formed in 2002
- Instructions (album), the second solo album by Jermaine Dupri, released in 2001
- Instruction, in inquisitorial systems of justice, the pre-trial phase of an investigation led by a judge
- Sebayt, a work of the ancient Egyptian didactic literature aiming to teach ethical behaviour
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