Dictionary entry details
• INSTRUCTION (noun)
Meaning:
A message describing how something is to be done
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
instruction; direction
Context example:
he gave directions faster than she could follow them
Hypernyms ("instruction" is a kind of...):
content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "instruction"):
style (editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display)
stage direction (an instruction written as part of the script of a play)
rule (directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted)
formula; recipe (directions for making something)
prescription (directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions)
markup (detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics))
address; destination; name and address (written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location)
misdirection (incorrect directions or instructions)
rubric (directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book))
prescript; rule (prescribed guide for conduct or action)
rule (any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order)
system command (a computer user's instruction (not part of a program) that calls for action by the computer's executive program)
Meaning:
The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
didactics; education; educational activity; instruction; pedagogy; teaching
Context examples:
he received no formal education / our instruction was carefully programmed / good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded
Hypernyms ("instruction" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Meronyms (parts of "instruction"):
classroom project (a school task requiring considerable effort)
classwork (the part of a student's work that is done in the classroom)
homework; prep; preparation (preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home))
lesson (a task assigned for individual study)
Domain member category:
tuition; tuition fee (a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education))
Department of Education; Education; Education Department (the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979)
academic program ((education) a program of education in liberal arts and sciences (usually in preparation for higher education))
education (the gradual process of acquiring knowledge)
point system (a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules)
education (the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "instruction"):
coeducation (education of men and women in the same institutions)
work-study program (an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study)
team teaching (a method of coordinated classroom teaching involving a team of teachers working together with a single group of students)
secondary education (education beyond the elementary grades; provided by a high school or college preparatory school)
higher education (education provided by a college or university)
extracurricular activity (educational activities not falling within the scope of the regular curriculum)
extension; extension service; university extension (an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who not enrolled as regular students)
elementary education (education in elementary subjects (reading and writing and arithmetic) provided to young students at a grade school)
class; course; course of instruction; course of study (education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings)
continuing education (a program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-time)
Meaning:
The profession of a teacher
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
teaching; pedagogy; instruction
Context examples:
he prepared for teaching while still in college / pedagogy is recognized as an important profession
Hypernyms ("instruction" is a kind of...):
education (the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "instruction"):
lecture; lecturing (teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class))
spoonfeeding (teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought)
hypnopedia; sleep-learning (teaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep))
lesson (a unit of instruction)
tuition; tutelage; tutorship (teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately))
indoctrination (teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically)
schooling (the act of teaching at school)
teaching reading (teaching beginners to read)
language teaching (teaching people to speak and understand a foreign language)
catechetical instruction (teaching religious principles by questions and answers)
catechesis (oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation))
Meaning:
(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
program line; instruction; statement; command
Hypernyms ("instruction" is a kind of...):
code; computer code ((computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "instruction"):
toggle (any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time)
system error (an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules)
macro; macro instruction (a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language)
link ((computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list)
command line (commands that a user types in order to run an application)
call (an instruction that interrupts the program being executed)
Holonyms ("instruction" is a part of...):
computer program; computer programme; program; programme ((computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute)
