directions, orders, or recommended rules for guidance, use, etc
2. law
the facts and details relating to a case given by a client to his or her solicitor or by a solicitor to a barrister with directions to conduct the case
to take instructions
Examples of 'instructions' in a sentence
instructions
He trained the flashlight on the paper, his scrawled instructions from Labarde.
Mark Mills AMAGANSETT (2004)
They'd heard Noah's instructions, even over the roar of surf.
Clive Barker EVERVILLE (2004)
He was buried in Las Vegas, according to the instructions in his will.
Clive Barker COLDHEART CANYON (2004)
In other languages
instructions
British English: instructions /ɪnˈstrʌkʃənz/ NOUN
Instructions are clear and detailed information on how to do something.
The cookbook uses simple instructions and photographs.
American English: instructions
Arabic: تَعلِيمَاتٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: instruções
Chinese: 说明
Croatian: upute
Czech: pokyny
Danish: instruktioner
Dutch: instructies
European Spanish: instrucciones
Finnish: ohjeet
French: instructions
German: Anweisungen
Greek: οδηγίες
Italian: istruzioni
Japanese: 指示
Korean: 지시
Norwegian: instruksjoner
Polish: instrukcje
European Portuguese: instruções
Romanian: instrucțiune
Russian: инструкции
Latin American Spanish: instrucciones
Swedish: instruktioner
Thai: คำแนะนำสั่งสอน
Turkish: talimatlar
Ukrainian: інструкції
Vietnamese: chỉ dẫn
All related terms of 'instructions'
instruction
An instruction is something that someone tells you to do.
operating instructions
instructions on how to use something (such an electrical appliance , etc)
standing settlement instructions
Standing settlement instructions are instructions that have been agreed in advance, and that are to be used every time a trade is made.
branch instruction
a machine-language or assembly-language instruction that causes the computer to branch to another instruction
macro instruction
a macro lens
programmed instruction
instruction in which individual students answer questions about a unit of study at their own rate , checking their own answers and advancing only after answering correctly
religious instruction
an education in a school which places a strong emphasis on the beliefs associated with a particular religion
individualized instruction
a teaching method tailored to the skills , abilities , and interests of the individual student
macro
You use macro to indicate that something relates to a general area, rather than being detailed or specific.