instruct
verb
[ ɪnˈstrʌkt ]
• tell or order someone to do something, especially in a formal or official way.
• "she instructed him to wait"
Similar:
order,
command,
direct,
tell,
enjoin,
give the order to,
give orders to,
give the command to,
require,
call on,
mandate,
charge,
dictate,
bid,
• teach (someone) a subject or skill.
• "he instructed them in the use of firearms"
Similar:
teach,
school,
give lessons to,
coach,
train,
ground,
enlighten,
illuminate,
inform,
verse,
edify,
educate,
upskill,
tutor,
guide,
prepare,
prime,
din something into,
drill,
discipline,
• (of a client) employ or authorize (a solicitor or barrister) to act on one's behalf.
• "he must indicate which of the firms he wishes to instruct"
Similar:
employ,
authorize to act for one,
brief,
give information to,
• give information to (someone).
• "the bank was instructed that the money from the deposit account was now held by the company"
Similar:
inform,
tell,
let someone know,
notify,
apprise,
advise,
announce to,
impart to,
relate to,
communicate to,
acquaint,
familiarize,
brief,
prime,
ground,
enlighten,
make conversant,
make knowledgeable,
send word to,
put in the picture,
fill in,
clue in/up,
put wise,
Origin:
late Middle English (in instruct (sense 2)): from Latin instruct- ‘constructed, equipped, taught’, from the verb instruere, from in- ‘upon, towards’ + struere ‘pile up’.
