1. (

• direction ,
• instruction ,

) a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" ;

2. (

• education ,
• instruction ,
• teaching ,
• pedagogy ,
• didactics ,
• educational_activity

) the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded" ;

3. (

• teaching ,
• instruction ,
• pedagogy

) the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession" ;

4. (

• instruction ,
• command ,
• statement ,
• program_line

) (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program ;