INSTRUCTIONS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does instructions mean? 

• INSTRUCTIONS (noun)
  The noun INSTRUCTIONS has 1 sense:

1. a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it

  Familiarity information: INSTRUCTIONS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSTRUCTIONS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

book of instructions; instruction manual; instructions; operating instructions

Hypernyms ("instructions" is a kind of...):

manual (a small handbook)

 Context examples 

The scientists next engineered a harmless virus to contain a gene with instructions to make the anti-inflammatory molecule IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra).

(Stem cells grown on scaffold mimic hip joint cartilage, NIH)

From these instructions they were summoned by the arrival of the coach; and with many speeches of thankfulness on Mr. Collins's side and as many bows on Sir William's they departed.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Issue associated with the use of the device in terms of user experiencing difficulty in preparing the device for use, even if the operation is being performed according to labeled instructions for use.

(Medical Device Difficult to Prepare, Food and Drug Administration)

He shall be ready to attend on you when you will during his stay, and shall take your instructions in all matters.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The person is able to answer questions and follow instructions.

(Anxiolysis, NCI Dictionary)

Be sure to follow the instructions on caring for your skin.

(Piercing and Tattoos, NIH)

An indication that a subject has not agreed with or followed the instructions related to the study medication.

(Non-Compliance With Study Drug, NCI Thesaurus)

A third pathway involves transcription, the process by which instructions in genes are read to build proteins.

(Gene Disruptions Associated with Autism Risk, NIH)

You may discover that various member of the team may have assumed different instructions.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He lived at Sydenham, but he was likely to be in that morning for instructions, if we cared to wait for him.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)