How to spell instruct

Instruct is spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-C-T.

hear itin·struct/ɪn'strəkt/verbSchwa and roots

What it means: To teach someone how to do something.

In a sentence: The teacher will instruct us on how to paint.

Same family: instruction, instructor, instructive, construct, structure. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Instruct” comes from Latin *instruere*, meaning “to build in, arrange, or prepare.” This is why it shares the root *struct* with words like “structure” and “construct,” all connected to the idea of building or putting things together—whether ideas or physical objects.

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