instilverb [ T ]
-ll- UK US instill uk/ɪnˈstɪl/us/ɪnˈstɪl/to put a feeling, idea, or principle gradually into someone's mind, so that it has a strong influence on the way that person thinks or behaves:
It is part of a teacher's job to instil confidence in/into his or her students.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Teaching in general
- brief
- CAL
- CLIL
- clue
- clue sb in
- didactic
- drum
- homeschool
- hothousing
- instruction
- instructional
- special educational needs
- teach
- teach sb a lesson idiom
- that'll teach sb idiom
- tutelage
- upskill
- upskilling
- wean
- wean sb on sth
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