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INSTRUCTIONS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it
Synonyms:
book of instructions; instruction manual; instructions; operating instructions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("instructions" is a kind of...):
manual (a small handbook)
Context examples:
The analysis involved sequencing each retina’s ribonucleic acid (RNA), the messenger molecule that carries instructions from DNA for making proteins.
(New study about genes linked to age-related macular degeneration, National Institutes of Health)
One of them is a letter of instructions from Colonel Ross.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Know how your device works. Keep instructions close by.
(Medical Device Safety, Food and Drug Administration)
A program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task.
(Computer Application, NCI Thesaurus)
Grant is giving Bertram instructions about the living he is to step into so soon.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
On a certain evening, which had been prearranged, I sent my friend final instructions, for the man was forever on the alert and continually changed his room.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Reviewing all labeling (including instructions for use, manuals, and packaging) for language related to reported device problems.
(Device Labeling Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)
“Get the pepper-box open!” yelled Mendoza, and Wilson sprang in to carry out his instructions, but was hit out again by a heavy drive on the chest.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But, as it was, she only learned, from some very significant looks, how far their penetration, founded on Margaret's instructions, extended.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
The other boys said he was all right, and gave him advice, pointing out his faults as a scrapper and promising him victory if he carried out their instructions.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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