instruction

1. A message describing how something is to be done (synset 106799486)
   "he gave directions faster than she could follow them"
   is a type of: content, message, subject matter, substance - what a communication that is about something is about
   subtypes:

   • rule - any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order
   • prescript, rule - prescribed guide for conduct or action
   • rubric - directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book)
   • misdirection - incorrect directions or instructions
   • address, destination, name and address - written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
   • markup - detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics)
   • prescription - directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
   • formula, recipe - directions for making something
   • rule - directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted
   • stage direction - an instruction written as part of the script of a play
   • style - editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
   • system command - a computer user's instruction (not part of a program) that calls for action by the computer's executive program
   same as: direction
2. The activities of educating or instructing;
   Activities that impart knowledge or skill (synset 100884975)
   "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"
   associated with:

   • education - the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
   • point system - a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules
   • education - the gradual process of acquiring knowledge
   • academic program - (education) a program of education in liberal arts and sciences (usually in preparation for higher education)
   • department of education, education, education department - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979
   • tuition, tuition fee - a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education)
   is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
   subtypes:

   • coeducation - education of men and women in the same institutions
   • continuing education - a program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-time
   • class, course, course of instruction, course of study - education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
   • elementary education - education in elementary subjects (reading and writing and arithmetic) provided to young students at a grade school
   • extension, extension service, university extension - an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
   • extracurricular activity - educational activities not falling within the scope of the regular curriculum
   • higher education - education provided by a college or university
   • secondary education - education beyond the elementary grades; provided by a high school or college preparatory school
   • team teaching - a method of coordinated classroom teaching involving a team of teachers working together with a single group of students
   • work-study program - an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study
   has:

   • classroom project - a school task requiring considerable effort
   • classwork - the part of a student's work that is done in the classroom
   • homework, prep, preparation - preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
   • lesson - a task assigned for individual study
   same as: didactics, education, educational activity, pedagogy, teaching
3. The profession of a teacher (synset 100888759)
   "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession"
   is a type of: education - the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
   subtypes:

   • catechesis - oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation)
   • catechetical instruction - teaching religious principles by questions and answers
   • language teaching - teaching people to speak and understand a foreign language
   • teaching reading - teaching beginners to read
   • schooling - the act of teaching at school
   • indoctrination - teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically
   • tuition, tutelage, tutorship - teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)
   • lesson - a unit of instruction
   • hypnopedia, sleep-learning - teaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep)
   • spoonfeeding - teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought
   • lecture, lecturing - teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
   same as: pedagogy, teaching
4. (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program (synset 106597067)
   referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
   is a type of: code, computer code - (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
   subtypes:

   • call - an instruction that interrupts the program being executed
   • command line - commands that a user types in order to run an application
   • link - (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list
   • macro, macro instruction - a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language
   • system error - an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules
   • toggle - any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time
   is a part of: computer program, computer programme, program, programme - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
   same as: command, program line, statement

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