instruction

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  1. noun The act, practice, or profession of instructing.
  2. noun Imparted knowledge.
  3. noun An imparted or acquired item of knowledge; a lesson.

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  • Excellent, I thought, was the contrivance of the so-called “exchange classes.”[44] In each subject the instruction was always given through the entire establishment at the same time. —  Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel
  • Among the results of this instruction was a picture which the princely artist called “The Corvette—Prince Adalbert in the Bay of Samitsu,” now hanging in the residence of his brother, Prince Henry, at Kiel; and two years later, as his interest in the navy grew, a “Fight between an Armoured Ship and a Torpedo-boat.” Innumerable aquarelles and sketches, chiefly of marine subjects, were also the fruit of this period. —  William of Germany
  • But whatever his opinions and prejudices were, in the almost absolute dearth then existing in this country of even respectable scholarship, the opportunity to be under his instruction was a singular advantage. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of James Fenimore Cooper by Thomas R. Lounsbury
  • No one seems to have been hurt, and it was hoped that this would teach the natives to respect their minister—whether to love his instruction was another question This would not have been worth mentioning had not a letter from on board the 'Curacoa' spoken of chastising a village for attacking a Missionary. —  Life of John Coleridge Patteson
  • The Entertainer finally realizes that "back" doesn't mean "backwards," and while the wording of the instruction is a bit over-complicated, "follow the arrows backwards" would be just nonsense. —  Vh1 Blog
 

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education ·  information ·  procedure ·  train ·  advice ·  study ·  command ·  lesson ·  message ·  exercise ·  teach ·  rule

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  1. = French instruction = Provencal instructio = Spanish instruccion = Portuguese instrucção = Italian instruzione, istruzione, from Latin instructio(n-), building, erecting, constructing, arranging, Late Latin instruction, from instruere, past participle instructus, build, instruct: see instruct.
 

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/ɪnˈstrəkʃən/
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