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Synonyms for instruct
ɪnˈstrʌktin·struct
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Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
instruct
To teach is simply to communicate knowledge; to instruct (originally, to build in or into, put in order) is to impart knowledge with special method and completeness; instruct has also an authoritative sense nearly equivalent to command. To educate is to draw out or develop harmoniously the mental powers, and, in the fullest sense, the moral powers as well. To train is to direct to a certain result powers already existing. Train is used in preference to educate when the reference is to the inferior animals or to the physical powers of man; as, to train a horse; to train the hand or eye. To discipline is to bring into habitual and complete subjection to authority; discipline is a severe word, and is often used as a euphemism for punish; to be thoroughly effective in war, soldiers must be disciplined as well as trained. To nurture is to furnish the care and sustenance necessary for physical, mental, and moral growth; nurture is a more tender and homelike word than educate. Compare EDUCATION.
Synonyms:
discipline, drill, educate, enlighten, give instruction, give lessons, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instill, nurture, school, teach, train, tutor
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
instruct
Synonyms:
enlighten, educate, inform, indoctrinate, acquaint, teach, edify, train, discipline, direct, initiate, commandAntonyms:
misinform, miseducate, misinstruct, misguide, mislead, misacquaint, deceive, neglect, barbarize, brutalize
Princeton's WordNet
teach, learn, instructverb
impart skills or knowledge to
"I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"
Synonyms:
watch, ascertain, larn, get wind, memorize, get word, apprise, acquire, learn, get a line, find out, check, study, apprize, hear, discover, take, pick up, read, con, memorise, determine, teach, seeinstructverb
give instructions or directions for some task
"She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation"
instruct, apprise, apprizeverb
make aware of
"Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?"
Synonyms:
teach, send word, apprise, appreciate, give notice, advise, learn, notify, apprize, revalue
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
instructverb
Synonyms:
teach, indoctrinate, edify, enlighten, coach
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "instruct":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#64 | see | |
#165 | school | |
#180 | read | |
#246 | take | |
#272 | check | |
#342 | guide | |
#424 | learn | |
#508 | study | |
#783 | direct | |
#871 | watch | |
#1362 | command | |
#1646 | instructions | |
#1736 | hear | |
#1914 | determine | |
#2505 | train | |
#2529 | con | |
#2995 | discover | |
#3265 | notify | |
#3806 | teach | |
#4831 | appreciate | |
#5491 | discipline | |
#5526 | inform | |
#6810 | acquire | |
#7096 | advise | |
#7143 | drill | |
#10451 | educate | |
#10550 | tutor | |
#10803 | initiate | |
#19451 | instruct | |
#19866 | ascertain | |
#22446 | nurture | |
#33465 | enlighten | |
#33601 | memorize | |
#39367 | entrust | |
#41487 | instill | |
#47239 | acquaint | |
#74450 | memorise | |
#98828 | inculcate | |
#107060 | apprise | |
#122806 | edify | |
#142818 | indoctrinate | |
#167551 | revalue | |
#175036 | larn |
How to use instruct in a sentence?
Tax policy is pretty complicated. There are times when individual returns can instruct you. Other times, you might seek a business return, it has to conform to the principle of a pretty narrow law.
You are already under oath to tell the truth, you've already violated that oath twice today, in just those two examples. It seems absurd to instruct you again that you must tell the truth while you testify. Yet here I am again.
I want to assure everyone that, with the exception of specific times on Inauguration Day National Guard while the swearing-in ceremonies were underway, Capitol Police did not instruct National Guard to vacate the Capitol Building facilities.
The Russians left Afghanistan 25 years ago. [Obama has] been in office seven years. Seventy-six percent of the combat deaths in Afghanistan have occurred under Obama, and there's little doubt that our position in Afghanistan today is weaker than seven years ago when he came into office, so when he's trying to instruct Putin on national interests and on quagmires, he's on rather thin ground.
Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
Translations for instruct
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- إرشادArabic
- poučitCzech
- undervise, instruereDanish
- instruieren, anweisenGerman
- instruiEsperanto
- instruirSpanish
- آموزش دادنPersian
- neuvoaFinnish
- apprendre, enseigner, instruireFrench
- deachtaighIrish
- पढ़ानाHindi
- utasítsonHungarian
- menginstruksikanIndonesian
- istruireItalian
- לְהוֹרוֹתHebrew
- 指示, 教えるJapanese
- ಸೂಚನೆKannada
- 지시하다Korean
- instruoLatin
- instruerenDutch
- undervise, instruereNorwegian
- pouczaćPolish
- instruirPortuguese
- instruiRomanian
- обуча́ть, проинструкти́ровать, научи́ть, инструкти́ровать, обучи́ть, учи́тьRussian
- instrueraSwedish
- அறிவுறுத்துங்கள்Tamil
- ఉపదే� ించండిTelugu
- öğretmekTurkish
- інструктуватиUkrainian
- ہدایتUrdu
- dạyVietnamese
- 指導Chinese
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