1. the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education. 2. knowledge or information imparted. 3. an item of such knowledge or information. 4. Usu., instructions. orders or directions. 5. the act of furnishing with authoritative directions. 6. a computer command.
Instruction is vital for education, as it is the transfer of learning from one person to another. Any time you are given directions or told how to do something you are receiving instruction. The noun instruction is related to the word structure; both share the Latin root structus, "built."
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in•struc•tion /ɪnˈstrʌkʃən/ n. the act or practice of instructing:[uncountable] methods of instruction using computers. knowledge or information imparted:[uncountable] The course gives you a lot of instruction but not very much that is useful.
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