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Definition of Instruction
1. Noun. A message describing how something is to be done. "He gave directions faster than she could follow them"
Generic synonyms: Content, Message, Subject Matter, Substance
Specialized synonyms: Rule, Prescript, Rule, Rubric, Misdirection, Address, Destination, Name And Address, Markup, Prescription, Formula, Recipe, Rule, Stage Direction, Style, System Command
Derivative terms: Instructional
2. Noun. The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill. "Good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"
Generic synonyms: Activity
Examples of category: Education, Point System, Education, Academic Program, Department Of Education, Education, Education Department, Tuition, Tuition Fee
Terms within: Classroom Project, Classwork, Homework, Prep, Preparation, Lesson
Specialized synonyms: Coeducation, Continuing Education, Class, Course, Course Of Instruction, Course Of Study, Elementary Education, Extension, Extension Service, University Extension, Extracurricular Activity, Higher Education, Secondary Education, Team Teaching, Work-study Program
Derivative terms: Didactical, Educate, Educate, Educational, Educationalist, Educationist, Instruct, Instructional, Pedagogic, Pedagogical, Teach
3. Noun. The profession of a teacher. "Pedagogy is recognized as an important profession"
Generic synonyms: Education
Specialized synonyms: Catechesis, Catechetical Instruction, Language Teaching, Teaching Reading, Schooling, Indoctrination, Tuition, Tutelage, Tutorship, Lesson, Hypnopedia, Sleep-learning, Spoonfeeding, Lecture, Lecturing
Derivative terms: Instructional, Pedagogic, Pedagogical
4. Noun. (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program.
Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
Generic synonyms: Code, Computer Code
Group relationships: Computer Program, Computer Programme, Program, Programme
Specialized synonyms: Call, Command Line, Link, Macro, Macro Instruction, System Error, Toggle
Definition of Instruction
1. n. The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.
Definition of Instruction
1. Noun. The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with information or knowledge. ¹
2. Noun. An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished. ¹
3. Noun. An order or command. ¹
4. Noun. (computing) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Instruction
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Instruction
1. The act of furnishing with authoritative directions. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Instruction
Literary usage of Instruction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Federal Board for Vocational Education, United States (1917)
"The requirements for admission, qualifications of instructors, place for instruction,
and standards of proficiency are the same as outlined in the general ..."
2. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1869)
"Though the state was to derive no advantage from the instruction of the ...
The state, however, derives no inconsiderable advantage from their instruction. ..."
3. Report by New South Wales Dept. of Education (1894)
"Special Religions Instruction. 151. Where the time specified for special religious
... Course of Instruction. 155. The Course of Secular Instruction, ..."
4. Annual Report by Cleveland (Ohio). Board of Education (1915)
"School for Cripples: Cost of Instruction, Enrollment, Per Capita Cost, etc.
Table LXII Shows the cost of instruction in the School for Cripples, ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Moral instruction along this higher plane became most prominent among the Hebrews
... It was quite natural that from earliest times moral instruction should ..."
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