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If you i_______ someone to do something, you formally tell them to do it.If you instruct someone to do something, you formally tell them to do it.The family has instructed solicitors to sue Thomson for compensation.'Go and have a word with her, Ken,' Webb instructed.I want you to instruct them that they've got three months to get the details sorted out. verbIf you instruct someone to do something, you formally tell them to do it.The family has instructed solicitors to sue Thomson for compensation.'Go and have a word with her, Ken,' Webb instructed.I want you to instruct them that they've got three months to get the details sorted out.Someone who instructs people in a subject or skill teaches it to them.He instructed family members in nursing techniques. C1

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instruct instructsinstructinginstructed

query	If you i_______ someone to do something, you formally tell them to do it.If you instruct someone to do something, you formally tell them to do it. The family has instructed solicitors to sue Thomson for compensation. 'Go and have a word with her, Ken,' Webb instructed. I want you to instruct them that they've got three months to get the details sorted out.
word	instruct
full-definition	verb If you instruct someone to do something, you formally tell them to do it. The family has instructed solicitors to sue Thomson for compensation. 'Go and have a word with her, Ken,' Webb instructed. I want you to instruct them that they've got three months to get the details sorted out. Someone who instructs people in a subject or skill teaches it to them. He instructed family members in nursing techniques.
inflections	instructsinstructinginstructed
cefr-level	C1

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