instruction

 
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstrʌkʃ(ə)n/

noun

  • 1 (often instructions) a direction or order: he issued instructions to the sheriff he was acting on my instructions
  • (instructions) Law directions to a solicitor or counsel, or to a jury.
  • Computing a code in a program which defines and carries out an operation.
  • 2 (instructions) detailed information about how something should be done or operated: always study the instructions supplied
  • 3 [mass noun] teaching; education: instruction in the Roman Catholic faith

Derivatives

instructional

adjective

Origin:

late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin instructio(n-), from the verb instruere (see instruct)