"instruct" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌɪnˈstrʌkt/ Audio: en-us-instruct.ogg [US] Forms: instruct [canonical], instructs [third-person, singular], instructed [past], instructed [past, participle], instructing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you instruct someone, you tell or teach them what to do or how to do something.
    Sense id: simple-instruct-en-verb-SHGx-GBr
     
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