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English
Etymology
From Middle English instruccioun, from Old French instruccion, from Latin instructio; equivalent to instruct + -ion.
Pronunciation
Noun
instruction (countable and uncountable, plural instructions)
- (uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
Students receive instruction in the arts and sciences.
Instruction will be provided on how to handle difficult customers.
1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings: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.”
- (countable) An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:If my instructions may be your guide.
- (countable) An order or command.
1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate , New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, , →OCLC: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.
- (in the plural) A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.
- (law, in the plural) The directions given by a client to their lawyer in relation to a particular legal matter, which govern the purpose and scope of their work.
I cannot act until I have taken instructions from my client.
- (computing) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.
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Translations
that which instructs, or with which one is instructed
- Bulgarian: инструкция (bg) f (instrukcija), указание (bg) n (ukazanie)
- Danish: vejlederen c
- Finnish: opastus (fi), ohje (fi)
- German: Anweisung (de) f
- Greek: οδηγία (el) f (odigía), συμβουλή (el) f (symvoulí)
- Irish: treoir f
- Marathi: सूचना f (sūcnā)
- Portuguese: instrução (pt) f
- Romanian: instrucțiune (ro) f, indicație (ro) f, învățătură (ro) f, îndrumare (ro) f
- Russian: инстру́кция (ru) f (instrúkcija), (usually plural) указа́ние (ru) n (ukazánije), (usually plural) предписа́ние (ru) n (predpisánije), (usually plural) распоряже́ние (ru) n (rasporjažénije)
- Scottish Gaelic: stiùireadh m, teagasg m
- Spanish: instrucción (es)
- Swedish: instruktör (sv) c
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single operation of a processor
set of directions provided by a manufacturer
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French
Etymology
From Latin īnstrūctiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
instruction f (plural instructions)
- instruction
- teaching
- hearing (of a matter in court or similar)
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