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Meaning of instruction

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  instruction
      n 1: a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave
           directions faster than she could follow them" [syn:
           {direction}, {instruction}]
      2: the activities of educating or instructing; activities that
         impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education";
         "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom
         teaching is seldom rewarded" [syn: {education},
         {instruction}, {teaching}, {pedagogy}, {didactics},
         {educational activity}]
      3: the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while
         still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important
         profession" [syn: {teaching}, {instruction}, {pedagogy}]
      4: (computer science) a line of code written as part of a
         computer program [syn: {instruction}, {command}, {statement},
         {program line}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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