instruct

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To teach by giving instructions.
2. (transitive) To tell (someone) what they must or should do.
3. (transitive) To give (one's own lawyer) legal instructions as to how they should act in relation to a particular issue; thereby formally appointing them as one's own legal representative in relation to it.

Noun

Instruction.

Adj

1. (not-comparable, obsolete) Arranged; furnished; provided.
2. (not-comparable, obsolete) Instructed; taught; enlightened.

Synonyms

teach

educate

train

🚋

order

direct

guide

command

inform

coach

enlighten

tell

advise

tutor

indicate

warn

give instructions

edify

discipline

admonish

prescribe

point out

pilot

🧑‍✈️

persuade

notify

learn

instructions

drill

counsel

apprise

brief

enjoin

instruction

include

school

🏫

show

explain

correct

make one understand

directives

lead

acquaint

appoint

apprize

chasten

chastise

civilize

communicate

convey

drive

govern

ground

lecture

lesson

proclaim

punish

qualify

saturate

soak

suckle

teaches

leave word

urge

give advice

give directions

preach to

relate to

teach someone a lesson

tell to

give someone a lesson

make known to

humanize

impart

improve

incite

decree

inculcate

convince

indicating

indication

indicative

control

initiate

instigate

instill

conduct

compel

introduce

kind

commision

class

give teachings

incalculate

load

make known

mentor

message

navigate

charge

nurture

category

overlook

pass on

call

breed

pointing

bid

polish

🇵🇱

preach

precis

prepare

better

prime

subordinate to

profess

promise

wise up

address

rebuke

rede

redirect

refer

refer to

refine

rehearse

report

reprove

route

put in one’s mouth

belong to

select

authorize

give guidance

socialize

sophisticate

starboard

steer

show the right way

suggest

summon

supervise

assign

religion

annunciate

supervision

announce

agitate

impart knowledge

usher

warm

☀️

advocate

work

call to order

clue in

stage direct

give counsel

dispatch

draw rein

directive

advising

direction

din

educated

dictate

develop

entrust

exact

exhort

denounce

familiarise

familiarize

figure out

form

indicatrix

marking-out

demand

head

help

Translations

instruire

instruir

enseigner

istruire

unterrichten

instrueren

enseñar

instruieren

lehren

apprendre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈstɹʌkt/

Etymology

From Latin īnstrūctus, perfect passive participle of īnstruō (“I instruct; I arrange, furnish, or provide”).