📖 Definitions of "Instructing"
verb
- 1
To teach by giving instructions.
"Listen carefully when someone instructs you how to assemble the furniture."
- 2
To tell (someone) what they must or should do.
"The doctor instructed me to keep my arm immobilised and begin physiotherapy."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Instructing"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| learnverb | To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something. |
| teachverb | (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to. |
| appriseverb | To make (someone or oneself) aware of some information; to inform, to notify. |
| apprizeverb | Archaic form of appraise. [(transitive) To determine the value or worth of (something), particularly as a person appointed for this purpose.] |
| askingnoun | The act or process of posing a question or making a request. |
| callingnoun | A job or occupation. |
| commandingnoun | Impressively dominant; very good and impressive. |
| directingverb | showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on |
| educatingverb | (uncommon) That educates; educational. |
| guidingnoun | Guidance. |
| institutingverb | (transitive) To begin or initiate (something); to found. |
| invitingnoun | Alluring; tempting; attractive. |
| loadingnoun | (countable, uncountable) The process by which something is loaded. |
| mandatingverb | To (officially) require someone to do something or act in a certain way, to give them the authority to do so; to command. |
| orderingnoun | (uncountable) The placement of an order for goods or services. |
| requestingverb | (transitive or with a subjunctive clause) To ask for (something). |
| requiringnoun | (archaic) A requirement. |
| taskingnoun | (military, law enforcement) A task; an assigned item of work. |
| teachingnoun | The profession of educating people; the activity that a teacher does when he/she teaches. |
| trainingnoun | The activity of imparting and acquiring skills. |
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