Instruction | Mean of instruction in English Dictionary

/ɪnˈstrʌkʃən/

• Noun
• a statement that describes how to do something
1. You should read each instruction carefully.
2. Our teacher gave us instructions for building the model. = Our teacher gave us instructions on how to build the model.
3. The manual provides complete/detailed instructions [=directions] for installing the software.
4. an instruction manual
• an order or command
1. Their instruction was to deliver the package by five o'clock.
2. We had instructions not to admit anyone.
3. I gave you explicit instructions to be here by six o'clock.
4. Don't you know how to follow instructions? [=directions]
5. I did everything according to your instructions.
• the action or process of teaching
1. The after-school program offers/provides reading instruction to students who need it.
2. The students are receiving instruction in algebra.

• a set of letters, numbers, etc., that tells a computer to do something
1. The computer can handle one million instructions per second.