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instruct

/ɪnˈstrʌkt/·인스트럭트·verb
to teach or direct
LatinCEFR B1
Root
in- (into) + Latin 'struere' (to build)
Latin instruere (build into, equip, teach) → Middle French instruire → English instruct
In a word

in- (into) + struct (build) = 'build into someone's mind'. In Latin the verb covered arranging troops and equipping students alike. So English instruct carries two faces — to teach and to order. Teaching, by root, is architecture inside the mind; the word remembers.

Examples
The manager instructed us to wait.
He instructs students in basic chess.
The label instructs you to wash by hand.
Related
structureconstructdestructioninstrumentinstruction
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