instruct
1. impart skills or knowledge to (Freq. 9)
- I taught them French
- He instructed me in building a boat
• Syn:
teach, learn
• Derivationally related forms:
instructive, instruction, instructor, teachable (for: teach), teacher (for: teach), teaching (for: teach)
• Hypernyms:
inform
• Hyponyms:
train, develop, prepare, educate, indoctrinate,
drill, catechize, catechise, reinforce, reward, spoonfeed,
induct, mentor, tutor, unteach, ground, lecture,
talk, coach, enlighten, edify, condition
• Cause:
learn, larn, acquire
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s (for: teach)
- Somebody ----s somebody something (for: teach)
- Somebody ----s something to somebody (for: teach)
2. give instructions or directions for some task (Freq. 9)
- She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation
• Hypernyms:
order, tell, enjoin, say
• Hyponyms:
charge
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
3. make aware of
- Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?
• Syn:
apprise, apprize
• Hypernyms:
inform
• Hyponyms:
direct, brief
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
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