INSTRUCT


Meaning of INSTRUCT in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

If you ~ someone to do something, you formally tell them to do it. (FORMAL)

The family has ~ed solicitors to sue Thomson for compensation...

‘Go and have a word with her, Ken,’ Webb ~ed...

I want you to ~ them that they’ve got three months to get the details sorted out.

VERB: V n to-inf, V with quote, V n that, also V n with quote

2.

Someone who ~s people in a subject or skill teaches it to them.

He ~ed family members in nursing techniques.

VERB: V n in/on n, also V

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .