How to spell instruction

Instruction is spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N.

hear itin·struc·tion/ɪn'strəkʃən/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: A message describing how something is to be done.

In a sentence: The teacher gave an instruction to sit down quietly.

Same family: instructor, instructional, instructionalism, instructionalize, instructionally. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Instruction” comes from Latin *instructio*, from *instruere* meaning “to build, arrange, or prepare.” It’s related to “structure,” so you can think of instruction as the process of ‘building up’ someone’s knowledge or skills.

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