0 past simple and past participle of instruct
1 to order or tell someone to do something, especially in a formal way:
The police have been instructed to patrol the building and surrounding area.
2 to teach someone how to do something:
The prime minister's family have been instructed not to discuss his past life with the press.
The minister was instructed to accept the advice of senior civil servants.
Tourists are instructed not to travel to the region unless absolutely necessary.
The government instructed MPs to vote in favour of the bill.
He was instructed to report back to headquarters.
We believe that there are at least three theoretical frameworks that could provide the basis for the study of codeswitching in instructed settings.
Additionally, language learning can take place in either naturalistic or instructed settings or in a combination of both.
Most speakers had little or no difficulty producing words both with and without epenthesis during the instructed recording.
