instruction
Definitions
General English
- noun a statement telling someone what they must do
General Science
- noun a piece of information on how something should be operated or used
Accounting
- noun an order which tells what should be done or how something is to be used
Aviation
- noun the act of giving information or knowledge, usually in a formal setting such as a lesson or briefing
Computing
- noun a word used in a programming language that is understood by the computer as a command to carry out a particular action
- noun clear and detailed information about how to do something, published in a manual or typed into a computer to cause the machine to work
Military
- noun an act of telling someone to do something
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