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Instruction - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Instruction : (noun)
1: a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave
directions faster than she could follow them" [syn: direction]
2: the activities of educating or instructing or teaching;
activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no
formal education"; "our instruction was carefully
programmed"; "good teaching is seldom rewarded" [syn: education,
teaching, pedagogy, educational activity]
3: the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while
still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important
profession" [syn: teaching, pedagogy]
4: (computer science) a line of code written as part of a
computer program [syn: command, statement, program
line]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Instruction : \In*struc"tion\, n. [L. instructio: cf. F.
instruction.]
1. The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with
knowledge; information.
2. That which instructs, or with which one is instructed; the
intelligence or information imparted; as:
(a) Precept; information; teachings.
(b) Direction; order; command. ``If my instructions may be
your guide.'' --Shak.
Syn: Education; teaching; indoctrination; information;
advice; counsel. See Education.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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INSTRUCTION, French law. This word signifies the means used and formality
employed to prepare a case for trial. it is generally applied to criminal
cases, and is then called criminal, instruction; it is then defined the acts
and proceedings which tend to prove positively a crime or delict, in order
to inflict on the guilty person the punishment which he deserves.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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