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Instruct in a sentence
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Instruct meaning
- To teach by giving instructions.
- To tell (someone) what they must or should do.
- To give (one's own lawyer) legal instructions as to how they should act in relation to a particular issue; thereby formally appointing them as one's own legal representative in relation to it.
Using Instruct
- The main meaning on this page is: To teach by giving instructions. | To tell (someone) what they must or should do. | To give (one's own lawyer) legal instructions as to how they should act in relation to a particular issue; thereby formally appointing them as one's own legal representative in relation to it.
- Useful related words include: inform, teach, learn, order.
- In the example corpus, instruct often appears in combinations such as: to instruct, instruct the, and instruct.
Context around Instruct
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Instruct
- In this selection, "instruct" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cannot, experts, children, judges and dss stand out and add context to how "instruct" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include allowed to instruct his supporters and and then instruct their bishops. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "instruct" sits close to words such as addis, bailout and bittersweet, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with instruct
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Kazakhstan proposes to instruct relevant structures to study unexplored sources. (10 words)
Imo asked Buhari to instruct DSS to withdraw its terrorism charges against Emefiele. (13 words)
The party did not instruct me to appear, the party cannot instruct me not to appear. (16 words)
How is it to “the advantage of the Church or…the faithful” to scorn as liturgical lepers those who are in church every Sunday — and then instruct their bishops that, from here on in, such miscreants should be exiled to the parish gymnasium for Mass? (45 words)
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California vetoed a bill on Friday that would instruct judges presiding over custody battles in the state to take into consideration a parent’s support for a child’s gender identity when making custody and visitation decisions. (41 words)
Judge Eric Davis ruled and will instruct the jury that all of Fox News broadcasters' statements about Donald Trump's election loss were false, and Dominion's lawyers will present those during their opening statements and throughout the trial. (39 words)
How is it to “the advantage of the Church or…the faithful” to scorn as liturgical lepers those who are in church every Sunday — and then instruct their bishops that, from here on in, such miscreants should be exiled to the parish gymnasium for Mass? (45 words)
Example sentences (20)
The party did not instruct me to appear, the party cannot instruct me not to appear.
Adding, Dr Pallavi Joshi, Consultant Psychiatrist, Manipal Hospital, Varthur, said that in this technique, experts instruct the patient to decide that he wishes to stay awake as long as possible.
Alcohol studies are largely observational or based on self-reports; it would be unethical to instruct a random group of study volunteers to drink in excess.
Bus Éireann, she told the council executive, need to instruct their drivers to stop at all stops, and “not just the ones they feel they want to stop at”.
Distilled from Maxim Gorky’s 1906 novel of the same name, “The Mother” arose out of the economic turmoil of the early 1930s and sought to instruct its audience in the morality of class struggle.
Every child eagerly anticipated the appearance of Papa Ajasco on television to entertain and instruct children who were old enough to attend school.
For instance, the Department of Defense will instruct the US Army to deploy countermeasures to attack enemy combatants.
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California vetoed a bill on Friday that would instruct judges presiding over custody battles in the state to take into consideration a parent’s support for a child’s gender identity when making custody and visitation decisions.
He said Governor Tambuwal did not only announce his withdrawal from the race, which is of no offence to him but was allowed to instruct his supporters on who to vote for.
He will then instruct them to purchase a $2.2 million Kosatka submarine from Warstock Cache & Carry, which will serve as a base of operation.
How is it to “the advantage of the Church or…the faithful” to scorn as liturgical lepers those who are in church every Sunday — and then instruct their bishops that, from here on in, such miscreants should be exiled to the parish gymnasium for Mass?
If granted, the court would instruct any financial institution specified in an application to provide specific information to the Agency or a police officer.
Imo asked Buhari to instruct DSS to withdraw its terrorism charges against Emefiele.
In dealing with these young and beloved biracial members of my church about racial issues, I have had to encourage and instruct them to not disregard or dishonor either side of their biracial lineage or heritage.
Instruct the agents to review the security situation in the state and be on high alert.
In the video, Stevens can be seen talking with a security guard who appears to instruct him to leave.
It will be a free vote for Conservative MPs, meaning party managers - known as whips - will not instruct them which way to vote.
Judge Eric Davis ruled and will instruct the jury that all of Fox News broadcasters' statements about Donald Trump's election loss were false, and Dominion's lawyers will present those during their opening statements and throughout the trial.
Kazakhstan proposes to instruct relevant structures to study unexplored sources.
Manchester Evening News, United assistant Steve McClaren had to wait at the tunnel to instruct players who attempted to make a quick exit to clap the away fans after full-time.
Common combinations with instruct
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: