instruction
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[edit] Etymology
Latin instructio: confer French instruction.
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- Rhymes: -ʌkʃən
[edit] Noun
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instruction (countable and uncountable; plural instructions)
- (uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with information or knowledge.
- Students receive instruction in the arts and sciences.
- Instruction will be provided on how to handle difficult customers.
- (countable) An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
- Shakespeare
- If my instructions may be your guide.
- Shakespeare
- (countable) An order or command.
- (computing) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:instruction
[edit] Translations
act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information
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that which instructs, or with which one is instructed
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single operation of a processor
[edit] French
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[edit] Noun
instruction f. (plural instructions)
- instruction
