INSTRUCT


Meaning of INSTRUCT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnstrʌkt ]

( instructs, instructing, instructed)

1.

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

The family has instructed solicitors to sue Thomson for compensation...

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

I want you to instruct 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 instructs people in a subject or skill teaches it to them.

He instructed family members in nursing techniques.

VERB : V n in/on n , also V

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