Usually means: Teaches or directs how to.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. instructs: Merriam-Webster
  2. instructs: Collins English Dictionary
  3. instructs: Vocabulary.com
  4. Instructs, instructs: Wordnik
  5. instructs: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. instructs: Wiktionary
  7. instructs: Dictionary.com
  8. instructs: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. instructs: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. instructs: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. instructs: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (instructs)

▸ noun:  (informal) shortened form of instructions

Similar:
teach, learn, apprise, apprize, instructory, instruction, insn, charge, institution, direction, more...

Opposite:
uninstruct, disinstruct, discourage, dissuade

Types:
teaches, trains, coaches, mentors, informs, more...

Phrases:
instructs privately, more...



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Similar:
teach, learn, apprise, apprize, instructory, instruction, insn, charge, institution, direction, more...

Opposite:
uninstruct, disinstruct, discourage, dissuade

Types:
teaches, trains, coaches, mentors, informs, more...

Phrases:
instructs privately, more...



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