Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

instruction

/ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.14 in modern English

Syllables: in-struc-tion
IPA: /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.

Uncountable

noun

An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.

Countable

noun

An order or command.

Countable

noun

A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The directions given by a client to their lawyer in relation to a particular legal matter, which govern the purpose and scope of their work.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Students receive instruction in the arts and sciences."
"Instruction will be provided on how to handle difficult customers."
"Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”"
"If my instructions may be your guide."
"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."
"I cannot act until I have taken instructions from my client."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréweti Proto-Italic *strowō Latin struō Latin īnstruō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin īnstrūctiō Old French instruccion Middle English instruccioun English instruction From Middle English instruccioun, from Old French instruccion, from Latin instructio; equivalent to instruct + -ion.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: instruccioun, instruccion, instructio
Suffix: instruct

Usage

Inflected Forms

instructions (plural)

Derived Forms

instructional instructionless macroinstruction malinstruction microinstruction misinstruction nanoinstruction noninstruction overinstruction postinstruction preinstruction pseudoinstruction

Phrases

absolute instruction instruction cycle instruction set architecture instruction time machine instruction medium of instruction ostrich instruction universal design for instruction

Synonyms

instruction advice counsel charge education indoctrination information teaching

Rhymes With

production construction introduction reduction destruction reconstruction reproduction induction obstruction deduction abduction suction

Questions

How do you pronounce instruction?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/.
What does instruction mean?: The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
Where does instruction come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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