0 something that someone tells you to do:
1 advice and information about how to do or use something, often written in a book or on the side of a container:
2 the act of teaching someone how to do something:
The course gives you basic instruction in car maintenance and repairs.
3 an order to do something, esp. a formal order:
[ + to infinitive ] The general received instructions to return to the base.
4 written advice and information about how to do or use something:
5 something that someone tells you to do:
It was a confusing instruction, and I wasn't sure what he wanted me to do.
give sb instructions on sth My boss gave me instructions on what to say to the press.
give sb instructions to do sth She gave me instructions not to contact the customer directly.
act on/carry out/follow (sb's) instructions The shares allow him to force the board to carry out his instructions.
disregard/ignore (sb's) instructions I ignored the instructions I had been given and went ahead with the deal anyway.
6 a piece of information that tells a computer how to do something:
Simple computer processors execute instructions one after the other.
8 a book that gives advice and information about how to do or use something:
9 if someone is under instructions to do something, they have been told to do it:
10 if you do something on the instruction(s) of someone, you do it because they have told you to:
11 being taught something:
She remembered Ann's instruction not to be late.
I'm afraid to say that I forgot your instruction to get seats at the front.
On the envelope was a firm instruction to open the letter immediately.
In the experiment, written instructions were first presented and then two practice sessions followed.
Instead, the individuals are computer programs consisting of instructions that transform a very simple initial structure (called the embryo) into a fully developed structure.
Interviewers' instructions were set out to allow year and month of birth or age to be obtained either directly or indirectly.
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