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in‧struc‧tion S3 W2
1 the written information that tells you how to do or use something [↪ directions]:
instructions
[plural]DT2 [countable usually plural] a statement telling someone what they must do [↪ orders]
on somebody's instructions (=having been told by someone to do something) On the landlord's instructions, the barmaid refused to serve him.
On the landlord's instructions, the barmaid refused to serve him. be under instruction to do something (=have been told to do something) The police were under instruction to fire if necessary.
The police were under instruction to fire if necessary.3 [uncountable] formal teaching that you are given in a particular skill or subject : religious instruction driving instruction
religious instructiondriving instruction