instruct

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˌɪnˈstrʌkt/

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Verb

Plain form instruct

Third-person singular instructs

Past tense instructed

Past participle instructed

Present participle instructing

1. (transitive) If you instruct someone, you tell or teach them what to do or how to do something.

   We were stopped on the road and instructed by the police to turn around and go back.

Related words

• instruction
• instructor