instruction

  • 1instruction — [ ɛ̃stryksjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1319; lat. instructio I ♦ Action d instruire. 1 ♦ Vx ou littér. Action d apprendre ce qu il est utile ou indispensable de savoir. ⇒ apprentissage, édification, initiation. 2 ♦ Action d enrichir et de former l esprit (de la …

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  • 2instruction — Instruction. s. f. v. Education, institution. L Instruction de la jeunesse, des enfants. travailler à l instruction de quelqu un. avoir soin de son instruction. il est sous vostre instruction. Il signifie aussi, Les preceptes qu on donne pour… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 3instruction — in‧struc‧tion [ɪnˈstrʌkʆn] noun [countable] 1. a statement telling someone what they must do: • He claimed that brokers had failed to carry out his instructions to sell the stocks. ˈshipping inˌstructions COMMERCE TRANSPORT …

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  • 4instruction — in·struc·tion n: an explanation of an applicable principle of law given by a judge to a jury before the jury retires to consider its verdict – called also jury charge, jury instruction; ◇ Under both the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the… …

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  • 5Instruction — In*struc tion, n. [L. instructio: cf. F. instruction.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information. [1913 Webster] 2. That which instructs, or with which one is instructed; the intelligence or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6Instruction — may refer to:* Education, the teaching and learning of knowledge * Teaching, a form of instruction * Sebayt, a work of the ancient Egyptian didactic literature aiming to teach ethical behaviour * Instruction (band), a rock band from New York City …

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  • 7instruction — Instruction, Institutio, Praeceptum, Catechesis. Instruction et enseignement en toutes bonnes choses, Paedia paediae. Prendre instruction, Disciplinam ab aliquo accipere. Les instructions qu on baille aux Ambassadeurs, Commentarius Legatorum. B.… …

    Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • 8instruction — [n1] education apprenticeship, chalk talk*, coaching, direction, discipline, drilling, edification, enlightenment, grounding, guidance, information, lesson, preparation, schooling, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage; concepts 274,285… …

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  • 9Instruction — (v. lat.), 1) Belehrung, Anweisung; daher Instructionsbuch, beim Militär ein Buch, in welches die wichtigsten Befehle verzeichnet werden, um sie den Mannschaften öfters durch Vorlesen in Erinnerung bringen zu können. Instructionsloge, in der… …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 10Instruction — Instruction, lat. deutsch, Mittheilung des Rechtsstreites von Seite des Clienten an seinen Anwalt. Gerichtliche Feststellung der Streitpunkte, Aufnahme des Beweismaterials als Vorbereitung zum Hauptverfahren (I.srichter, I.sverfahren); Belehrung …

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