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INSTRUCTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
Example:
good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded
Synonyms:
didactics; education; educational activity; instruction; pedagogy; teaching
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("instruction" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Meronyms (parts of "instruction"):
lesson (a task assigned for individual study)
homework; prep; preparation (preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home))
classwork (the part of a student's work that is done in the classroom)
classroom project (a school task requiring considerable effort)
Domain member category:
tuition; tuition fee (a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education))
Department of Education; Education; Education Department (the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979)
academic program ((education) a program of education in liberal arts and sciences (usually in preparation for higher education))
education (the gradual process of acquiring knowledge)
point system (a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules)
education (the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "instruction"):
coeducation (education of men and women in the same institutions)
continuing education (a program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-time)
class; course; course of instruction; course of study (education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings)
elementary education (education in elementary subjects (reading and writing and arithmetic) provided to young students at a grade school)
extension; extension service; university extension (an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students)
extracurricular activity (educational activities not falling within the scope of the regular curriculum)
higher education (education provided by a college or university)
secondary education (education beyond the elementary grades; provided by a high school or college preparatory school)
team teaching (a method of coordinated classroom teaching involving a team of teachers working together with a single group of students)
work-study program (an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study)
Derivation:
instruct (impart skills or knowledge to)
instructional (of or relating to or used in instruction)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The profession of a teacher
Example:
pedagogy is recognized as an important profession
Synonyms:
instruction; pedagogy; teaching
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("instruction" is a kind of...):
education (the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "instruction"):
lecture; lecturing (teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class))
spoonfeeding (teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought)
hypnopedia; sleep-learning (teaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep))
lesson (a unit of instruction)
tuition; tutelage; tutorship (teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately))
indoctrination (teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically)
schooling (the act of teaching at school)
teaching reading (teaching beginners to read)
language teaching (teaching people to speak and understand a foreign language)
catechetical instruction (teaching religious principles by questions and answers)
catechesis (oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation))
Derivation:
instructional (of or relating to or used in instruction)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
Synonyms:
command; instruction; program line; statement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("instruction" is a kind of...):
code; computer code ((computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "instruction"):
toggle (any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time)
system error (an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules)
macro; macro instruction (a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language)
link ((computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list)
command line (commands that a user types in order to run an application)
call (an instruction that interrupts the program being executed)
Holonyms ("instruction" is a part of...):
computer program; computer programme; program; programme ((computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A message describing how something is to be done
Example:
he gave directions faster than she could follow them
Synonyms:
direction; instruction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("instruction" is a kind of...):
content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "instruction"):
rule (any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order)
prescript; rule (prescribed guide for conduct or action)
rubric (directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book))
misdirection (incorrect directions or instructions)
address; destination; name and address (written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location)
markup (detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics))
prescription (directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions)
formula; recipe (directions for making something)
rule (directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted)
stage direction (an instruction written as part of the script of a play)
style (editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display)
system command (a computer user's instruction (not part of a program) that calls for action by the computer's executive program)
Derivation:
instructional (of or relating to or used in instruction)
Context examples:
One of them is a letter of instructions from Colonel Ross.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A third pathway involves transcription, the process by which instructions in genes are read to build proteins.
(Gene Disruptions Associated with Autism Risk, NIH)
A program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task.
(Computer Application, NCI Thesaurus)
The analysis involved sequencing each retina’s ribonucleic acid (RNA), the messenger molecule that carries instructions from DNA for making proteins.
(New study about genes linked to age-related macular degeneration, National Institutes of Health)
The person is able to answer questions and follow instructions.
(Anxiolysis, NCI Dictionary)
The scientists next engineered a harmless virus to contain a gene with instructions to make the anti-inflammatory molecule IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra).
(Stem cells grown on scaffold mimic hip joint cartilage, NIH)
You may discover that various member of the team may have assumed different instructions.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
A set of coded instructions, which a computer follows in processing data, performing an operation, or solving a logical problem, upon execution of the program.
(Computer Program, NCI Thesaurus)
The other boys said he was all right, and gave him advice, pointing out his faults as a scrapper and promising him victory if he carried out their instructions.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Usually, this individual has received instruction as to the proper operation of the machinery and is knowledgeable about the performance and hazards associated with the activity.
(Equipment Operator, NCI Thesaurus)
