Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to instruct
Participle: instructed
Gerund: instructing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | instruct |
| you | instruct |
| he;she;it | instructs |
| we | instruct |
| you | instruct |
| they | instruct |
Perfect
| I | have instructed |
| you | have instructed |
| he;she;it | has instructed |
| we | have instructed |
| you | have instructed |
| they | have instructed |
Past
| I | instructed |
| you | instructed |
| he;she;it | instructed |
| we | instructed |
| you | instructed |
| they | instructed |
Pluperfect
| I | had instructed |
| you | had instructed |
| he;she;it | had instructed |
| we | had instructed |
| you | had instructed |
| they | had instructed |
Future
| I | will instruct |
| you | will instruct |
| he;she;it | will instruct |
| we | will instruct |
| you | will instruct |
| they | will instruct |
Future Perfect
| I | will have instructed |
| you | will have instructed |
| he;she;it | will have instructed |
| we | will have instructed |
| you | will have instructed |
| they | will have instructed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | instruct |
| you | instruct |
| he;she;it | instruct |
| we | instruct |
| you | instruct |
| they | instruct |
Perfect
| I | have instructed |
| you | have instructed |
| he;she;it | have instructed |
| we | have instructed |
| you | have instructed |
| they | have instructed |
Imperfect
| I | instructed |
| you | instructed |
| he;she;it | instructed |
| we | instructed |
| you | instructed |
| they | instructed |
Pluperfect
| I | had instructed |
| you | had instructed |
| he;she;it | had instructed |
| we | had instructed |
| you | had instructed |
| they | had instructed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would instruct |
| you | would instruct |
| he;she;it | would instruct |
| we | would instruct |
| you | would instruct |
| they | would instruct |
Perfect
| I | would have instructed |
| you | would have instructed |
| he;she;it | would have instructed |
| we | would have instructed |
| you | would have instructed |
| they | would have instructed |
Imperative
| you | instruct |
| we | Let's instruct |
| you | instruct |
Verbs conjugated like 'instruct'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'instruct'
construct,
destruct,
instinct,
intrust,
obstruct,
reinstruct,
abstract,
abstrict,
adstrict,
astrict,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- order
- direct, command, charge, prescribe, enjoin
- teach
- educate, train, tutor, edify, coach, enlighten, inform, discipline
Antonyms
- order
- disorder, confusion, disorganization, derangement
- teach
- learn, understand, mislead, withhold
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin īnstrūctus, perfect passive participle of īnstruō (“I instruct; I arrange, furnish, or provide”).
Verbs referencing "instruct"
Ido instruktar, Esperanto
instrui.
Sample Sentences
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Such are the Institutions at South Boston ! In all of them, the unfortunate or degenerate citizens of the State are carefully instructed in their duties both to God and man; are surrounded by all reasonable means of comfort and happiness that their condition will admit of; are appealed to, as members of the great human family, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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So spoke this poor, heathenish Kentuckian, who had not been instructed in his constitutional relations, and consequently was betrayed into acting in a sort of Christianized manner, which, if he had been better situated and more enlightened, he would not have been left [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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To those who are happily unaccustomed to them, the countenances in the streets and labouring-places, too, are shocking. All men who know that there are laws against instructing slaves, of which the pains and penalties greatly exceed in their amount the fines imposed on those who maim and torture them, must be prepared to find their faces very low in the scale of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] its results. To him, it looked like something unutterably horrible and cruel, because, poor, ignorant black soul ! he had not learned to generalize, and to take enlarged views. If he had only been instructed by certain ministers of Christianity, he might have thought better of it, and seen in it an every-day incident of a lawful trade; a trade which is the vital support of an institution which an [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Why don't you instruct ? ” “ Instruct ! O, fiddlestick ! What instructing do you think I should do ? I look like it ! As to Marie, she has spirit enough, to be sure, to kill off a whole plantation, if I'd let her manage; [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] her own bed, sweeping and dusting her own chamber,—which she had hitherto done, in utter scorn of all offers of help from the chambermaid of the establishment,—to condemn herself to the martyrdom of instructing Topsy to perform these operations,—ah, woe the day ! Did any of our readers ever do the same, they will appreciate the amount of her self-sacrifice.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ It wouldn't be the first time a little child had been used to instruct an old disciple, if it _were_ so, ” said St. Clare.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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These two, whom we shall call Susan and Emmeline, had been the personal attendants of an amiable and pious lady of New Orleans, by whom they had been carefully and piously instructed and trained. They had been taught to read and write, diligently instructed in the truths of religion, and their lot had been as happy an one as in their condition it was possible to be. But [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] the personal attendants of an amiable and pious lady of New Orleans, by whom they had been carefully and piously instructed and trained. They had been taught to read and write, diligently instructed in the truths of religion, and their lot had been as happy an one as in their condition it was possible to be. But the only son of their protectress had the management of her property; and, by [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] woman was a member of the Methodist church, and had an unenlightened but very sincere spirit of piety. Emmeline had been educated much more intelligently,—taught to read and write, and diligently instructed in the Bible, by the care of a faithful and pious mistress; yet, would it not try the faith of the firmest Christian, to find themselves abandoned, apparently, of God, in the grasp of ruthless [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)