instructions

/ (ɪnˈstrʌkʃənz) /

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pl n

directions, orders, or recommended rules for guidance, use, etc

law the facts and details relating to a case given by a client to his solicitor or by a solicitor to a barrister with directions to conduct the caseto take instructions

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instr., in stride, instroke, instruct, instruction, instructions, instructive, instructor, instructress, instrument, instrumental

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How to use instructions in a sentence

The most recent issue contains detailed instructions for building car bombs, and the magazine frequently draws up hit-lists.
U.S. Spies See Al Qaeda Fingerprints on Paris Massacre|Shane Harris, Nancy A. Youssef|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“After August 2002, it was a well-managed program with specific instructions with what to do,” Rodriguez insisted.
CIA Interrogation Chief: ‘Rectal Feeding,’ Broken Limbs Are News to Me|Kimberly Dozier|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Gang warlords, locked down in Super Maxes like Pelican Bay pass on instructions to thousands of followers.
The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs|Seth Ferranti|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Defying instructions would have been unthinkable during the tenure of his father or grandfather.
Has North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Been Toppled?|Gordon G. Chang|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Instead, the song was listed as “blank-blank-blank-blank Tha Police” with the instructions to “fill in the blanks.”
A Brief History of the Phrase 'F*ck the Police'|Rich Goldstein|August 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hoosier hurried on board the boat, and followed Dick's instructions to the letter.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
She had received instructions from both the men and women; in some instances from the children.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
He gave me some instructions, but I was too confused to understand them, and too shy to ask questions.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
You had tied me down too tightly, my Barbiche; my instructions were to obtain a meeting at any price.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
These instructions were obeyed implicitly, and soon the camp was buried in apparent slumber.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn

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