Dictionary entry details
• INSTRUCT (verb)
Meaning:
Impart skills or knowledge to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
instruct; teach; learn
Context examples:
I taught them French / He instructed me in building a boat
Hypernyms (to "instruct" is one way to...):
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to)
Cause:
acquire; larn; learn (gain knowledge or skills)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "instruct"):
unteach (cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier)
unteach (cause to unlearn)
ground (instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject)
lecture; talk (deliver a lecture or talk)
coach; train (teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports)
edify; enlighten (make understand)
condition (establish a conditioned response)
tutor (be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction)
mentor (serve as a teacher or trusted counselor)
develop; educate; prepare; train (create by training and teaching)
indoctrinate (teach doctrines to; teach uncritically)
drill (teach by repetition)
catechise; catechize (give religious instructions to)
reinforce; reward (strengthen and support with rewards)
spoonfeed (teach without challenging the students)
induct (introduce or initiate)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Give instructions or directions for some task
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation
Hypernyms (to "instruct" is one way to...):
enjoin; order; say; tell (give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "instruct"):
charge (instruct or command with authority)
charge (instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Meaning:
Make aware of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
apprise; apprize; instruct
Context example:
Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?
Hypernyms (to "instruct" is one way to...):
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "instruct"):
direct (give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction)
brief (give essential information to someone)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
