English > instruct: 3 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | Impart skills or knowledge to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Example | "He instructed me in building a boat" |
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| Synonyms | teach, learn |
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| Cause to | learn, larn, acquire | gain knowledge or skills |
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| Narrower | catechize, catechise | Give religious instructions to |
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| coach, train | teach and supervise (someone) |
| condition | Establish a conditioned response |
| drill | teach by repetition |
| enlighten, edify | make understand |
| ground | instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject |
| indoctrinate | teach doctrines to |
| induct | introduce or initiate |
| lecture, talk | deliver a lecture / lecture or talk |
| mentor | Serve as a teacher or trusted counselor |
| reinforce, reward | strengthen and support with rewards |
| spoonfeed | teach without challenging the students |
| train, develop, prepare, educate | create by training and teaching |
| tutor | Be a tutor to someone |
| unteach | Cause to disbelieve |
| unteach | Cause to unlearn |
| Broader | inform | Impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to |
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| Spanish | adiestrar, aleccionar, aprender, educar, enseñar, instruir |
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| Catalan | ensenyar, informar, instruir |
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| Adjectives | instructive | serving to instruct or enlighten or inform |
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| Nouns | instruction | the activities of educating / educating or instructing |
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| instructor | a person whose occupation is teaching |
