English > instruction: 4 senses > noun 1, communication| Meaning | A message describing how something is to be done. |
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| Synonym | direction |
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| Narrower | address, destination, name and address | written directions for finding some location |
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| markup | Detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed |
| misdirection | Incorrect directions or instructions |
| prescription | Directions prescribed beforehand |
| recipe, formula | Directions for making something |
| rubric | Directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book) |
| rule, prescript | Prescribed guide for conduct or action |
| rule | directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted |
| rule | Any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order |
| stage direction | An instruction written as part of the script of a play |
| style | editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display |
| system command | A computer user's instruction (not part of a program) that calls for action by the computer's executive program |
| Broader | message, content, subject matter, substance | What a communication that is about something is about |
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| Spanish | consejo, guía, instrucción, orientación |
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| Catalan | consell, guia, instrucció, orientació |
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| Adjectives | instructional | of or relating to or used in instruction / instruction |
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English > instruction: 4 senses > noun 2, act| Meaning | The activities of educating / educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill. |
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| Example | "our instruction was carefully programmed" |
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| Synonyms | education, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity |
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| Category of | Department of Education, Education Department, Education | The United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students) |
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| academic program | (education) a program of education in liberal arts and sciences (usually in preparation for higher education) |
| education | The profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university / university) |
| education | The gradual process of acquiring knowledge |
| point system | A system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules |
| tuition, tuition fee | A fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education) |
| Parts | classroom project | A school task requiring considerable effort |
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| classwork | The part of a student's work that is done in the classroom |
| homework, prep, preparation | preparatory school work done outside school / school (especially at home) |
| lesson | A task assigned for individual study |
| Narrower | coeducation | education of men and women in the same institutions |
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| continuing education | A program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-time |
| course, course of study, course of instruction, class | education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings |
| elementary education | education in elementary subjects (reading and writing and arithmetic) provided to young students at a grade school |
| extension, extension service, university extension | An educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities / universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students |
| extracurricular activity | educational activities not falling within the scope of the regular curriculum |
| higher education | education provided by a college or university / university |
| secondary education | education beyond the elementary grades |
| team teaching | A method of coordinated classroom teaching involving a team of teachers working together with a single group of students |
| work-study program | An educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study |
| Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
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| Spanish | didáctica, educación, enseñanza, instrucción, pedagogía |
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| Catalan | educació, ensenyament, ensenyança, instrucció |
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| Adjectives | instructional | of or relating to or used in instruction / instruction |
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| Verbs | instruct | impart skills or knowledge to |
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English > instruction: 4 senses > noun 4, communication| Meaning | (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program. |
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| Synonyms | command, statement, program line |
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| Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
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| Part of | program, programme, computer program, computer programme | (computer science) a sequence / sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute |
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| Narrower | call | An instruction that interrupts the program being executed |
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| command line | commands that a user types in order to run an application |
| link | (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list |
| macro, macro instruction | A single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language |
| system error | An instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules |
| toggle | Any instruction that works first one way and then the other |
| Broader | code, computer code | (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions |
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| Spanish | comando, directiva, directriz, instrucción, orden |
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| Catalan | instrucció, ordre |
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