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instructs
 
Verb instruct has 3 senses
  1. teach, learn, instruct - impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"
    --1 is one way to inform
    Derived forms: noun instruction2, noun instructor1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
  2. instruct - give instructions or directions for some task; "She instructed the students to work on their pronounciation"
    --2 is one way to     order, tell, enjoin, say
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
  3. instruct, apprise, apprize - make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?"
    --3 is one way to inform
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
instructive instructively instructiveness instructivist instructor instructors instructorship instructress instructs instrument instrument bands instrument flying instrument landing instrument of execution instrument of punishment instrument of torture instrument panel

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