instruction B1 Topic:Actions & Processes US /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #10928 Meanings 1 noun A piece of information telling you how to do or use something. Follow the instructions on the package carefully. 2 noun The act of teaching something to someone. Students receive instruction in maths and science. 3 noun An order or command to do something. The soldiers waited for further instructions. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a piece of information... direction 2 noun · the act of teaching... educationteaching 3 noun · an order or command to do... command More advicecounselindoctrinationinformation Word family Forms instructions Derived forms instructionalinstructionlessmacroinstructionmalinstructionmicroinstructionmisinstructionnanoinstructionnoninstructionoverinstructionpostinstructionpreinstructionpseudoinstruction Common collocations macro instruction Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English instruccioun, from Old French instruccion, from Latin instructio; equivalent to instruct + -ion. instruccioun Middle English instruccion Old French instructio Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # instruction **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 10928 ## Meanings 1. A piece of information telling you how to do or use something. 2. The act of teaching something to someone. 3. An order or command to do something. ## Examples - Follow the instructions on the package carefully. - Students receive instruction in maths and science. - The soldiers waited for further instructions. ## Synonyms - advice - counsel - education - indoctrination - information - teaching ## Derived Forms - instructional - instructionless - macroinstruction - malinstruction - microinstruction - misinstruction - nanoinstruction - noninstruction - overinstruction - postinstruction - preinstruction - pseudoinstruction ## Roots and Affixes - Root: instruccioun - Root: instruccion - Root: instructio ## Etymology From Middle English instruccioun, from Old French instruccion, from Latin instructio; equivalent to instruct + -ion. ## AI Etymology Instruction comes from Middle English instruccioun, from Old French instruccion, from Latin instructio; equivalent to instruct + -ion. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. ## Topics - Actions & Processes markdown