instruct

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• UK, US: /ɪnˈstɹʌkt/
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• Australian: /ɪnˈstɹakt/
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• rhymes with -ʌkt
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N S T R AH1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin īnstrūctus, perfect passive participle of īnstruō (“I instruct; I arrange, furnish, or provide”).

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: لقَّن — teach, give instruction
• Azerbaijani: təlim etmək — teach, give instruction
• Bulgarian: уча (uča) — teach, give instruction
• Bulgarian: обучавам (obučavam) — teach, give instruction
• Bulgarian: инструктирам (instruktiram) — teach, give instruction
• Catalan: instruir — teach, give instruction
• Cherokee: ᏕᎨᏲᎲᏍᎦ (degeyohvsga) — teach, give instruction
• Chinese Mandarin: 教 (jiāo) — teach, give instruction
• Chinese Mandarin: 教育 (jiàoyù) — teach, give instruction
• Chinese Mandarin: 指示 (zhǐshì) — teach, give instruction
• Maore Comorian: usomedza — teach, give instruction
• Ngazidja Comorian: ufundisha — teach, give instruction
• Cornish: adhyski — teach, give instruction
• Cornish: dyski — teach, give instruction
• Cornish: deski — teach, give instruction
• Danish: instruere — teach, give instruction
• Danish: lære — teach, give instruction
• Dutch: instrueren — teach, give instruction
• Esperanto: instrui — teach, give instruction
• Finnish: opettaa — teach, give instruction
• Finnish: neuvoa — teach, give instruction
• Finnish: opastaa — teach, give instruction
• French: instruire — teach, give instruction
• French: enseigner — teach, give instruction
• French: apprendre — teach, give instruction
• German: instruieren — teach, give instruction
• German: briefen — teach, give instruction
• Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌻𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (talzjan) — teach, give instruction
• Ancient Greek: διδάσκω (didáskō) — teach, give instruction
• Ancient Greek: μαθητεύω (mathēteúō) — teach, give instruction
• Ancient Greek: κατηχέω (katēkhéō) — teach, give instruction
• Hungarian: tájékoztat — teach, give instruction
• Hungarian: tanít — teach, give instruction
• Hungarian: oktat — teach, give instruction
• Irish: teagasc — teach, give instruction
• Italian: istruire — teach, give instruction
• Italian: insegnare — teach, give instruction
• Italian: apprendere — teach, give instruction
• Latin: addoceō — teach, give instruction
• Latin: doceō — teach, give instruction
• Russian: инструкти́ровать (instruktírovatʹ) — teach, give instruction
• Sanskrit: शास्ति (śāsti) — teach, give instruction
• Spanish: instruir — teach, give instruction
• Swedish: instruera — teach, give instruction
• Tocharian B: āks- — teach, give instruction
• Ottoman Turkish: اوكرتمك (öğretmek) — teach, give instruction
• Ugaritic: 𐎍𐎎𐎄 (lmd) — teach, give instruction
• Bulgarian: заповядвам (zapovjadvam) — order, direct
• Chinese Mandarin: 指令 (zhǐlìng) — order, direct
• Chinese Mandarin: 聘請 /聘请 (pìnqǐng) — order, direct
• Danish: anvise — order, direct
• Esperanto: instrukcii — order, direct
• Finnish: ohjata — order, direct
• Finnish: käskeä — order, direct
• Finnish: opastaa — order, direct
• German: anweisen — order, direct
• Hungarian: utasít — order, direct