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instruct
English
Etymology
From Latin ?nstr?ctus, perfect passive participle of ?nstru? (“I instruct; I arrange, furnish, or provide”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n?st??kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
Verb
instruct (third-person singular simple present instructs, present participle instructing, simple past and past participle instructed)
- (transitive) To teach by giving instructions.
- Synonyms: educate, guide
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act I, Scene 3,[1]
- Supply me with the habit and instruct me
- How I may formally in person bear me
- Like a true friar.
- 1682, Aphra Behn, The False Count, London: Jacob Tonson, Act III, Scene 2, p. 33,[2]
- What a dishonour’s this, to me, to have so Dull a Father, that needs to be instructed in his Duty.
- 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, No. 156, 14 September, 1751, in Volume 5, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752, p. 177,[3]
- […] the design of tragedy is to instruct by moving the passions,
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, Chapter 10,[4]
- […] I should deem you a man sore sick, it may be, yet not so sick but that an instructed and watchful physician might well hope to cure you.
- 1974, Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, New York: William Morrow, Part 4, Chapter 29, p. 353,[5]
- At the Laundromat I instruct Chris on how to operate the drier, start the washing machines […]
- (transitive) To tell (someone) what they must or should do.
- Synonyms: command, direct, order
- Usage note: "instruct" is less forceful than "order", but weightier than "advise"
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act III, Scene 1,[6]
- What, shall a child instruct you what to do?
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 39,[7]
- All the servants were instructed to address her as “Mum,” or “Madam” […]
- 1989, John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany, New York: Ballantine, 1997, Chapter 5, p. 195,[8]
- Observing that the Christ Child’s nose was running, she deftly wiped it; then she held the handkerchief in place, while instructing him to “blow.”
Related terms
Translations
Noun
instruct (plural instructs)
- (obsolete) Instruction.
Adjective
instruct (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Arranged; furnished; provided.
- c. 1615, George Chapman (translator), Homer’s Odysses, London: Nathaniell Butter, Book 4, p. 62,[9]
- For he had neither ship, instruct with oares,
- Nor men to fetch him from those stranger shores.
- c. 1615, George Chapman (translator), Homer’s Odysses, London: Nathaniell Butter, Book 4, p. 62,[9]
- (obsolete) Instructed; taught; enlightened.
- 1671, John Milton, Paradise Regained, London: John Starkey, Book 1, lines 438-441, p. 24,[10]
- Who ever by consulting at thy shrine
- Return’d the wiser, or the more instruct
- To flye or follow what concern’d him most,
- And run not sooner to his fatal snare?
- 1671, John Milton, Paradise Regained, London: John Starkey, Book 1, lines 438-441, p. 24,[10]
Anagrams
- unstrict
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squawk
English
Etymology
Unknown [from 1821], but probably of imitative origin (compare dialectal Italian squacco (“small-crested heron”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skw??k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Noun
squawk (plural squawks)
- A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird; a yell, scream, or call.
- (aviation) A four-digit transponder code used by aircraft for identification or transmission of emergency signals.
- (informal) A complaint or objection.
- 1983, Stephen King, Uncle Otto's Truck
- That was the last roundup for McCutcheon’s Cresswell; it never moved from that field again. Not that there was any squawk from the landlord; the two of them owned it, of course.
- 1983, Stephen King, Uncle Otto's Truck
- (aviation) An issue or complaint related to aircraft maintenance.
- 1969, American Aviation (volume 32)
- We think instructors should stress the importance of writeups on all maintenance squawks after the completion of each flight. More important, something should be done by the aircraft operator to correct such squawks.
- 1969, American Aviation (volume 32)
- The American night heron.
- (programming, informal) A warning message indicating a possible error.
Translations
Verb
squawk (third-person singular simple present squawks, present participle squawking, simple past and past participle squawked)
- To make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly.
- The hens woke up squawking with terror because they had all dreamed simultaneously of hearing a gun go off in the distance.
- (slang, intransitive) To speak out; to protest.
- (slang, intransitive) To report an infraction; to rat on or tattle; to disclose a secret.
- 1948, Andrew Geer, The Sea Chase (page 68)
- "I'll slit your throat if you squawk on us," Krantz threatened.
- 1948, Andrew Geer, The Sea Chase (page 68)
- (programming, intransitive, informal) To produce a warning message, indicating a possible error.
- 2013, Bill Sempf, Chuck Sphar, Stephen R. Davis, C# 5.0 All-in-One For Dummies
- You want the compiler to squawk if you try to instantiate for a type that doesn't implement IPrioritizable.
- 2013, Bill Sempf, Chuck Sphar, Stephen R. Davis, C# 5.0 All-in-One For Dummies
- (aviation) To set or transmit a four-digit transponder code. (Normally followed by the specific code in question.)
- (US, slang, dated) To back out in a mean way.
Conjugation
Translations
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