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Antonyms for instruction

Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-struhk-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈstrʌk ʃən


Definition of instruction

Origin :
  • c.1400, instruccioun, "action or process of teaching," from Old French instruccion (14c.), from Latin instructionem (nominative instructio) "building, arrangement, teaching," from past participle stem of instruere "arrange, inform, teach," from in- "on" (see in- (2)) + struere "to pile, build" (see structure (n.)). Meaning "an authoritative direction telling someone what to do; a document giving such directions," is early 15c. Related: Instructions.
  • noun education
  • noun demand, command
Example sentences :
  • Pictures also are occasionally exhibited for his instruction.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Catechization is not a method of instruction by means of questions and answers.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • What is to be said about the importance of this instruction?
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • Linda gave her a few words of instruction concerning the yucca.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • The memorial of this excellent woman is short, but replete with instruction.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • She called him Bob, by his own particular request and instruction.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Does he shed employment for you, instruction for you, pocket money for you?
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Evidently with him objection was the first step in instruction.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • How much then will you be to be blamed, if you do not embrace this opportunity of improvement and instruction?
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • This instruction is said to be the earliest of the kind which has come down to us.
  • Extract from : « The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI » by Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies

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