Collocations for "instructed"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "instructed" in context.
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instruct
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- instruct [soldiers, students, patients, learners]
- instruct [soldiers] in a new [plan, procedure, technology]
- instruct patients [how, where, what, who] to
- instruct [all, certain, new] students to
- instruct your [son, daughter, children]
- instructed us to [come]
- instruct them [on, in] [economics, foreign policy]
- instruct them in [economics, community management, psychology]
- was instructed to [go, come, stay, leave, do]
- they were instructed to [go]
- instructed [personally, in writing, by email]
- [briefly, clearly, fully] instruct
'instructed' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):