instruction
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1. the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | activity, |
| definition | : | any specific behavior (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | coeducation, |
| definition | : | education of men and women in the same institutions (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | continuing education, |
| definition | : | a program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-time (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | elementary education, |
| definition | : | education in elementary subjects (reading and writing and arithmetic) provided to young students at a grade school (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | extracurricular activity, |
| definition | : | educational activities not falling within the scope of the regular curriculum (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | higher education, |
| definition | : | education provided by a college or university (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | secondary education, |
| definition | : | education beyond the elementary grades; provided by a high school or college preparatory school (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | team teaching, |
| definition | : | a method of coordinated classroom teaching involving a team of teachers working together with a single group of students (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | work-study program, |
| definition | : | an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | classroom project, |
| definition | : | a school task requiring considerable effort (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | classwork, |
| definition | : | the part of a student's work that is done in the classroom (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | homework, prep, preparation, |
| definition | : | preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | lesson, |
| definition | : | a task assigned for individual study (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | education, |
| definition | : | the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university) (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | point system, |
| definition | : | a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | education, |
| definition | : | the gradual process of acquiring knowledge (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | academic program, |
| definition | : | (education) a program of education in liberal arts and sciences (usually in preparation for higher education) (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | department of education, education, education department, |
| definition | : | the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979 (noun.group) |
| domain member category | : | tuition, tuition fee, |
| definition | : | a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education) (noun.possession) |
2. the profession of a teacher (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | education, |
| definition | : | the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | catechesis, |
| definition | : | oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | language teaching, |
| definition | : | teaching people to speak and understand a foreign language (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | schooling, |
| definition | : | the act of teaching at school (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | indoctrination, |
| definition | : | teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | tuition, tutelage, tutorship, |
| definition | : | teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | lesson, |
| definition | : | a unit of instruction (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | hypnopedia, sleep-learning, |
| definition | : | teaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | spoonfeeding, |
| definition | : | teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | lecture, lecturing, |
| definition | : | teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) (noun.act) |
3. (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | code, computer code, |
| definition | : | (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | call, |
| definition | : | an instruction that interrupts the program being executed (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | command line, |
| definition | : | commands that a user types in order to run an application (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | link, |
| definition | : | (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | macro, macro instruction, |
| definition | : | a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | system error, |
| definition | : | an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | toggle, |
| definition | : | any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time (noun.communication) |
| domain category | : | computer science, computing, |
| definition | : | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures (noun.cognition) |
4. a message describing how something is to be done (noun.communication)
| hyponym | : | rule, |
| definition | : | any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | prescript, rule, |
| definition | : | prescribed guide for conduct or action (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | rubric, |
| definition | : | directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | misdirection, |
| definition | : | incorrect directions or instructions (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | address, destination, name and address, |
| definition | : | written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | markup, |
| definition | : | detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | prescription, |
| definition | : | directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | formula, recipe, |
| definition | : | directions for making something (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | rule, |
| definition | : | directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | stage direction, |
| definition | : | an instruction written as part of the script of a play (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | style, |
| definition | : | editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | system command, |
| definition | : | a computer user's instruction (not part of a program) that calls for action by the computer's executive program (noun.communication) |
5. the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill (noun.act)
| derivation | : | instruct, learn, teach, |
| definition | : | impart skills or knowledge to (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | educate, |
| definition | : | give an education to (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | didactic, didactical, |
| definition | : | instructive (especially excessively) (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | educational, |
| definition | : | providing knowledge (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | instructional, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or used in instruction (adj.pert) |
6. the profession of a teacher (noun.act)
7. the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill (noun.act)
| derivation | : | instruct, learn, teach, |
| definition | : | impart skills or knowledge to (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | educate, |
| definition | : | give an education to (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | didactic, didactical, |
| definition | : | instructive (especially excessively) (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | educational, |
| definition | : | providing knowledge (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | instructional, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or used in instruction (adj.pert) |
8. the profession of a teacher (noun.act)
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