instruct
To teach by giving instructions.
Example
“Listen carefully when someone instructs you how to assemble the furniture.”
Other meanings
To tell (someone) what they must or should do.
“The doctor instructed me to keep my arm immobilised and begin physiotherapy.”
To give (one's own lawyer) legal instructions as to how they should act in relation to a particular issue; thereby formally appointing them as one's own legal representative in relation to it.
“If you're not careful, I'm going to instruct a solicitor over this.”
Related words
- uninstructing
- instructability
- instructee
- instructer
- instructology
- instructory
- misinstruct
- preinstruct
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “instruct” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.