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instruct
[ in-struhkt ]
verb (used with object)
Synonyms: , , , , ,
The doctor instructed me to diet.
Synonyms:
Synonyms:
- Law. (of a judge) to guide (a jury) by outlining the legal principles involved in the case under consideration.
instruct
/ ɪˈٰʌ /
verb
- to direct to do something; order
- to teach (someone) how to do (something)
- to furnish with information; apprise
- law
- (esp of a client to his solicitor or a solicitor to a barrister) to give relevant facts or information to
- to authorize (a barrister or solicitor) to conduct a case on a person's behalf
to instruct counsel
Derived Forms
- ˈٰܳپ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·ٰܳĻ· adverb
- ·ٰܳĻ·Ա noun
- ·ٰܳi· adjective
- i·ٰܳ verb (used with object)
- v··ٰܳ verb (used with object)
- i·ٰܳ verb (used with object)
- ܲȴ-·ٰܳĻ adjective
- i·ٰܳ verb (used with object)
- -·ٰܳĻ adjective
- -·ٰܳiԲ adjective
- un·ٰܳi· adjective
- ܲi·ٰܳiԲ adjective
- ɱ-·ٰܳĻ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of instruct1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Lloyd instructed those close by to follow her and keep to the centre of the river.
A mum with paranoid schizophrenia who killed her six-year-old son while believing she was being "instructed by a demonic force" has been given an indefinite hospital order.
Republicans in Congress have instructed the committee that oversees Medicaid to cut $880 billion.
They said teachers were instructed to “disrupt the either/or thinking” of elementary students about biological sex.
And Sneako, who instructs viewers that "a woman’s worth is what she looks like and a man’s worth is your masculinity."
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