Instruction (noun)
The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with information or knowledge.
“Students receive instruction in the arts and sciences.”
“Instruction will be provided on how to handle difficult customers.”
Instruction (noun)
An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
Instruction (noun)
An order or command.
Instruction (noun)
A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.
Instruction (noun)
A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.
Direction (noun)
A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
“Keep going in the same direction.”
Direction (noun)
A general trend for future action.
Direction (noun)
Guidance, instruction.
“The trombonist looked to the bandleader for direction.”
Direction (noun)
The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
“The screenplay was good, but the direction was weak.”
Direction (noun)
The body of persons who guide or manage a matter; the directorate.
Direction (noun)
A person’s address.
Direction (noun)
a course along which someone or something moves
“she set off in the opposite direction”
“he had a terrible sense of direction”
Direction (noun)
the course which must be taken in order to reach a destination
“the village is over the moors in a northerly direction”
Direction (noun)
a point to or from which a person or thing moves or faces
“a house with views in all directions”
Direction (noun)
a general way in which someone or something is developing; a trend or tendency
“new directions in painting and architecture”
“any dialogue between them is a step in the right direction”
Direction (noun)
general aim or purpose
“the campaign’s lack of direction”
Direction (noun)
the management or guidance of someone or something
“under his direction, the college has developed an international reputation”
Direction (noun)
the work of directing the actors and other staff in a film, play, or other production.
Direction (noun)
instructions on how to reach a destination or about how to do something
“Preston gave him directions to a restaurant not far from the studio”