Definitions for instructions

Overview of noun instructions

The noun instructions has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) instruction manual, instructions, book of instructions, operating instructions

(a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it)

Overview of noun instruction

The noun instruction has 4 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (11) direction, instruction

(a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them")

2. (5) education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity

(the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded")

3. (2) teaching, instruction, pedagogy

(the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession")

4. instruction, command, statement, program line

((computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program)