verb
- to teach someone a subject or skill
- to give someone an order or direction about what they should do
Examples
- The teacher will instruct the students in basic math skills.
- She instructed her children to clean their rooms.
- The manual instructs users how to operate the machine safely.
- The coach instructed the team to practice every morning.
- Please instruct the delivery driver to leave packages at the door.
- He was instructed to report to the principal’s office immediately.
- The professor instructs three chemistry classes each semester.