instruct

1. Impart skills or knowledge to (synset 200830768)
   "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"
   causes: acquire, larn, learn - gain knowledge or skills
   is a type of: inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to
   subtypes:

   • develop, educate, prepare, train - create by training and teaching
   • indoctrinate - teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
   • drill - teach by repetition
   • catechise, catechize - give religious instructions to
   • reinforce, reward - strengthen and support with rewards
   • spoonfeed - teach without challenging the students
   • induct - introduce or initiate
   • mentor - serve as a teacher or trusted counselor
   • tutor - be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction
   • unteach - cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier
   • unteach - cause to unlearn
   • ground - instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
   • lecture, talk - deliver a lecture or talk
   • coach, train - teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
   • edify, enlighten - make understand
   • condition - establish a conditioned response
   same as: learn, teach
2. Give instructions or directions for some task (synset 200751969)
   "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation"
   is a type of: enjoin, order, say, tell - give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
   subtypes:

   • charge - instruct or command with authority
   • charge - instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
3. Make aware of (synset 200832735)
   "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?"
   is a type of: inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to
   subtypes:

   • direct - give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
   • brief - give essential information to someone
   same as: apprise, apprize

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