Amy will instruct you in the way to hang paper.
•The manager instructed Ken in the best method of entering data into the computer.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
instruct */*/ — UK [ɪnˈstrʌkt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms instruct : present tense I/you/we/they instruct he/she/it instructs present participle instructing past tense instructed past participle instructed 1) formal to tell someone to do something,… … English dictionary
instruct — in|struct [ ın strʌkt ] verb transitive ** 1. ) FORMAL to tell someone to do something, especially officially or as their employer: instruct someone to do something: He instructed his men to collect information about troop movements. as… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
instruct — in‧struct [ɪnˈstrʌkt] verb [transitive] 1. to order someone to do something: instruct somebody to do something • The government has instructed banks to limit real estate lending growth to 2% this year. 2. LAW to employ a lawyer to deal with a… … Financial and business terms
instruct — in|struct [ınˈstrʌkt] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of instruere, from struere to build ] 1.) to officially tell someone what to do →↑order instruct sb to do sth ▪ His secretary was instructed to cancel all his… … Dictionary of contemporary English
instruct — verb (T) 1 to officially tell someone what to do: instruct sb to do sth: Our staff have been instructed to offer you every assistance. | as instructed (=in the way that you have been instructed): We returned the questionnaire as instructed. 2 to… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
instruct — [[t]ɪnstrʌ̱kt[/t]] instructs, instructing, instructed 1) VERB If you instruct someone to do something, you formally tell them to do it. [FORMAL] [V n to inf] The family has instructed solicitors to sue Thomson for compensation... [V with quote]… … English dictionary
instruct — [ɪnˈstrʌkt] verb [T] formal 1) to tell someone to do something, especially officially He instructed his men to collect information about troop movements.[/ex] 2) to teach someone a particular subject or skill All children are instructed in the… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
drum — ► NOUN 1) a percussion instrument with a skin stretched across a rounded frame, sounded by being struck with sticks or the hands. 2) a cylindrical object or part, especially a container. 3) a sound made by or resembling that of a drum. 4) Austral … English terms dictionary
teach — /ti:tS/ past tense and past participle taught verb 1 SCHOOL/COLLEGE ETC (I, T) to give lessons in a school, college, or university: Guy s been teaching in France for 3 years now. | teach English/mathematics/history etc: Janet teaches science at a … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
strike — strike1 W3S3 [straık] v past tense and past participle struck [strʌk] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hit)¦ 2¦(hit with hand/weapon etc)¦ 3¦(thought/idea)¦ 4 strike somebody as (being) something 5¦(stop work)¦ 6¦(attack)¦ 7¦(harm)¦ 8¦(something bad happens)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
set — set1 verb (sets, setting; past and past participle set) 1》 put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position. ↘(be set) be situated in a specified place or position. ↘represent (a story) as happening at a specified time or… … English new terms dictionary
