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Etymology

Middle English instruccioun, from Old French instruccion, from Latin instructio

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʌkʃən

Noun

instruction (countable and uncountable, plural instructions)

1. (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.

2. (countable) An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
   • William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

     If my instructions may be your guide.

3. (countable) An order or command.
   • 1893, Walter Besant, “Prologue”, in The Ivory Gate:

     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.

4. (computing) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:instruction

Translations

act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information

• Arabic: تعليم m (jaʕliim)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指令 (zh) (zhǐlìng), 指示 (zh) (zhǐshì), 教導 (zh), 教导 (jiàodǎo)

• Danish: vejledning c
• Dutch: onderwijs (nl) n
• Esperanto: instruado
• Finnish: opastus, opettaminen, ohjaaminen (fi)
• French: instruction (fr) f
• German: Unterricht (de) m
• Greek: οδηγία (el) f (odigía), εκπαίδευση (el) f (ekpaídefsi), συμβουλή (el) f (symvoulí), εντολή (el) f (entolí)

• Hebrew: הוראה (he) f (Hora'ah)
• Irish: deachtú m
• Japanese: 指示 (ja) (しじ, shiji), 教訓 (ja) (きょうくん, kyōkun)
• Latin: īnstructiō f
• Portuguese: instrução (pt) f
• Romanian: instruire (ro) f, învățare (ro), învățământ (ro) n
• Russian: инструкция (ru) f (instrúkcija), инструктаж (ru) m (instruktáž)
• Scottish Gaelic: stiùireadh m, teagasg m
• Swahili: agizo (sw)
• Swedish: instruktion (sv) c, undervisning (sv) c, skolväsen n, c

that which instructs, or with which one is instructed

• Danish: vejlederen c
• Finnish: opastus, ohje (fi)
• German: Anweisung (de) f
• Greek: οδηγία (el) f (odigía), συμβουλή (el) f (symvoulí)
• Irish: treoir f
• Japanese: インストラクション (insutorakushon), 命令 (ja) (めいれい, meirei)
• Portuguese: instrução (pt) f

• Romanian: instrucțiune (ro) f, indicație (ro), învățătură (ro) f, îndrumare (ro) f
• Russian: инструкция (ru) f (instrúkcija)
• Scottish Gaelic: stiùireadh m, teagasg m
• Spanish: instrucción (es)
• Swahili: magizo (sw)
• Swedish: instruktör (sv) c

single operation of a processor

• Czech: instrukce f
• Dutch: instructie (nl) f
• German: Assemblerbefehl m
• Greek: εντολή (el) f (entolí)
• Hebrew: הוראה (he) f (Hora'ah)
• Irish: treoir f

• Portuguese: instrução (pt) f
• Romanian: instrucțiune (ro) f
• Russian: инструкция (ru) f (instrúkcija)
• Swahili: agizo (sw)
• Swedish: instruktion (sv) c

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• Esperanto: instruo

• Volapük: tid

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Pronunciation

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Noun

instruction f (plural instructions)

1. instruction