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Word entry · 8 letters

instruct

Best crossword clue

"Teach directly"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈstɹʌkt/Part of speech verbSorted cinrsttuStarts with IEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. give instructions or directions for some task

Word origin

From Latin īnstrūctus, perfect passive participle of īnstruō (“I instruct; I arrange, furnish, or provide”).

Used in a sentence

  • Listen carefully when someone instructs you how to assemble the furniture.
  • Supply me with the habit and instruct me How I may formally in person bear me Like a true friar.
  • What a dishonour’s this, to me, to have so Dull a Father, that needs to be instructed in his Duty.

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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues

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