Word Finder - instructed

definition

To teach by giving instructions.

example

Listen carefully when someone instructs you how to assemble the furniture.

synonyms

• educate
• guide

definition

To tell (someone) what they must or should do.

example

The doctor instructed me to keep my arm immobilised and begin physiotherapy.

synonyms

• command
• direct
• order

Don't open it, he instructed him.

From behind her his voice instructed gently.

They are doing exactly what I instructed them to do.

Mr. Gilman instructed me part of the year in English literature.

He made two calls; one for an ambulance and the other to Josh, who was instructed to direct the ambulance in to their house.

Had he been instructed to keep everything strictly business?

He is the constant companion of Dionysus, whom he was said to have instructed in the cultivation of the vine and the keeping of bees.

When the instrument tells him of a good price, his agent is instructed to sell immediately.

Let her know what you and your men need, the general instructed them.

When he was twelve years old he was instructed in starcraft by Nectanebus, who was killed by a fall into a pit, into which he had been playfully pushed by Alexander.

Once you get the lens out of your eye, you should clean it the way that you were instructed by your eye doctor.

When Bedmar took up this appointment, Venice had just concluded an alliance with France, Switzerland and the Netherlands, to counterbalance the power of Spain, and the ambassador was instructed to destroy this league.

As many as are persuaded and believe that what we teach and say is true, and undertake to be able to live accordingly, are instructed to pray and entreat God with fasting, for the remission of their sins that are past, we praying and fasting with them.

In 1872 an administrative ordinance made German the medium of instruction in the schools "wherever possible," and the police commissaries who attended public meetings were instructed to close any meeting at which speeches were delivered in Polish.

While the publisher was instructed by ESRB to request that retailers stop selling the Mature-labeled game until an AO sticker was available, the game has been spotted on retail shelves at stores including Fry's Electronics.

The program engages children in purposeful learning activities and play, instructed by teachers who work from lesson and activity plans.

It is a practice that hopes to transform the ways in which students are instructed by giving equal attention to the contributions of all the groups in a society.

Push hard, and shoot me up, he instructed, though his voice was ragged.

Alex had instructed Carmen to put the insurance benefit in a money market where it would draw interest until Lori had time to recover.

Campbell, representing President Davis, on the other, he instructed his representatives to insist on the recognition of the Confederacy as a condition to any arrangement for the termination of the war.

It was instructed to begin with drafting a Declaration of the Rights of Man.

In the towns and fishing villages there are a few elementary schools, but often the children are instructed at home; in some places by peripatetic teachers.

The controversial treatises which he published in rapid succession attracted much attention, particularly his Catholic Christian Instructed (1737), which was prefaced by a witty reply to Dr Conyers Middleton's Letters from Rome, showing an Exact Conformity between Popery and Paganism.

Further obstruction was manifestly futile, and the British authorities reluctantly instructed Captain Hobson, R.N., to make his way to northern New Zealand with a dormant commission of lieutenant-governor in his pocket and authority to annex the country to Australia by peaceful arrangement with the natives.

Sale, music; Mr Westall, history; and Mr Thomas Steward, the writing master of Westminster School, instructed her in penmanship.

In 1550 it was proposed in Brunswick to banish all " profane " authors from the schools, and in 1589 a competent scholar was instructed to write a sacred epic on the kings of Israel as a substitute for the works of the "pagan" poets.

In Democratic conventions a state delegation, when instructed by the state convention to cast its whole vote solid for the particular aspirant favored by the majority of the delegation, must do so (this is called the unit rule); in the conventions of the other parties individual delegates may vote as they please.

Her profession of a desire to be instructed in the doctrines of Anglican Protestantism was so transparently a pious fraud as rather to afford confirmation than to arouse suspicion of her fidelity to the teaching of her church.

It was necessary that an abbot should be at least 25 years of age, of legitimate birth, a monk of the house, unless it furnished no suitable candidate, when a liberty was allowed of electing from another convent, well instructed himself, and able to instruct others, one also who had learned how to command by having practised obedience.

Moltke drafts German ultimatum to Belgium, sent to Brussels Ambassador (29) to be delivered when instructed.

The steward instructed the waiter to quickly pick up the orders from the chef.

You will usually be instructed to bring your infant in to your pediatrician's office at two weeks after birth and on a regular basis thereafter, in which many of these same examinations will continue to be given.

Once you fill out your search criteria, you may be instructed to submit the information you have chosen.

If you're instructed to go into a pose you don't feel comfortable in, come out of it!

Once the price and terms of the sale have been agreed, a notary is instructed to carry out checks on the property to ensure there are no liabilities or charges against it and to prepare contracts.

Use them as instructed to make purchases.

You may need to use the product less frequently or not keep it on your teeth as long as instructed.

I had instructed the DJ to fade the song out after I had walked down the aisle and reached the altar.

You will be instructed on effective mediation and communication skills, and you will specialize in understanding human resources.

Children should also be instructed in how to properly pick up a dog, as well as the body language a dog uses to let us know how he/she is feeling.

Later, as King Edward VII, he acquired additional tattoos, and even instructed his sons, the Duke of Clarence and the Duke of York (King George V), to obtain tattoos to commemorate their visit to Japan.

Reassemble the junction box and install the light into the ceiling as previously instructed.

You'll be instructed to fill out the selected names on an order form the exact way you'd like to see them engraved.

For example, when measuring the waistline, customers are instructed to measure the "natural" waistline, which brings the tape measure across the belly button.

Consumers were instructed to remove the batteries from the toys immediately and contact Power Wheels to make arrangements for the cars and trucks to be examined at a service center.

Never touch or smell any chemical unless you are instructed to do so.

If instructed to smell a chemical, do not inhale it directly from the container or test tube.

They should be instructed to stay well back from the snowblower while it's being used.

The parents need to be instructed on how to evaluate the infant for jaundice.

In addition, they should be instructed never to dive into an unknown body of water, but instead jump in feet first to avoid hitting their heads.