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instruction
A	noun
	1	education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, educational activity
				the activities of educating or instructing or teaching; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good teaching is seldom rewarded"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, educational activity ╚extracurricular activity ╚extension; extension service; university extension ╚elementary education ╚course; course of study; course of instruction; class ╚coeducation
	2	teaching, instruction, pedagogy
				the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚occupation; business; job; line of work; line ╚profession ╚education ╚teaching, instruction, pedagogy ╚lecture; lecturing ╚spoonfeeding ╚sleep-learning; hypnopedia ╚lesson ╚tutelage; tuition; tutorship ╚indoctrination ╚schooling ╚teaching reading ╚language teaching ╚catechetical instruction ╚catechesis
	3	instruction, command, statement, program line
				(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing ╚coding system ╚code; computer code ╚instruction, command, statement, program line ╚toggle ╚system error ╚macro; macro instruction ╚link ╚command line ╚call
	4	direction, instruction
				a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚direction, instruction ╚system command ╚style ╚stage direction ╚rule ╚recipe; formula ╚prescription ╚markup ╚address; destination; name and address ╚misdirection ╚rubric ╚rule; prescript ╚rule

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