Definition of instruct
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impart skills or knowledge to
"He instructed me in building a boat"
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develop, educate, prepare, train
create by training and teaching
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retrain
teach new skills
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drill
train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
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house-train, housebreak
train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house
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toilet-train
train (a small child) to use the toilet
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indoctrinate
teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
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inspire, revolutionise, revolutionize
fill with revolutionary ideas
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brainwash
submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly
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drill
teach by repetition
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beat in, drill in, hammer in, ram down
teach by drills and repetition
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inculcate, infuse, instill
teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
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catechise, catechize
give religious instructions to
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reinforce, reward
strengthen and support with rewards
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spoonfeed
teach without challenging the students
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induct
introduce or initiate
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mentor
serve as a teacher or trusted counselor
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tutor
be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction
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unteach
cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier
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unteach
cause to unlearn
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ground
instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
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lecture, talk
deliver a lecture or talk
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preach, prophesy
deliver a sermon
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coach, train
teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
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edify, enlighten
make understand
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condition
establish a conditioned response
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inform
impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
give instructions or directions for some task
"She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation"
make aware of
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direct
give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
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talk down
direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio
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point the way
indicate the right path or direction
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brief
give essential information to someone
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inform
impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
Vocabulary Lists for instruct
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- ration
- harvest
- ensconce
- pasture
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 8-15 »(708 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
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Mark Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper" Chapters 1-17 »(606 words)
Vocabulary study list for Mark Twain's "The Prince and...
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macro instruction
million instructions per second

