instruction
adjective/ɪnˈstrʌkʃn/
/ɪnˈstrʌkʃn/
[only before noun]- giving detailed information on how to do or use something (= giving instructions)
- an instruction manual
- an instruction book/sheet
- I had to refer to the instruction booklet.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from late Latin instructio(n-), from the verb instruere, from in- ‘upon, towards’ + struere ‘pile up’.Definitions on the go
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