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Instruction

The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

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Broader term 6

Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Code 76% connected

A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a comp…

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Content 76% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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Education 76% connected

The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act o…

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Message 76% connected

Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another.

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Substance 76% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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Narrower term 25

Address 76% connected

To aim; to direct.

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Call 76% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Class 76% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Coeducation 76% connected

An educating together, as of persons of different sexes or races.

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Course 76% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Destination 76% connected

The act of destining or appointing.

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Extension 76% connected

The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expa…

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Formula 76% connected

A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.

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Indoctrination 76% connected

The act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated; instruction in the rudiments and principles of any science or system of belief; i…

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Lecture 76% connected

The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.

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Lecturing 76% connected

of Lecture

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Lesson 76% connected

Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied or learned at one t…

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Link 76% connected

A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

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Misdirection 76% connected

The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.

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Prescript 76% connected

Directed; prescribed.

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Prescription 76% connected

The act of prescribing, directing, or dictating; direction; precept; also, that which is prescribed.

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Recipe 76% connected

A formulary or prescription for making some combination, mixture, or preparation of materials; a receipt; especially, a prescription for medicine.

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Rubric 76% connected

That part of any work in the early manuscripts and typography which was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions.

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Rule 76% connected

That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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Schooling 76% connected

of School

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Style 76% connected

An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded,…

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Toggle 76% connected

A wooden pin tapering toward both ends with a groove around its middle, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope to be secured to any other loop or bi…

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Tuition 76% connected

Superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship.

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Tutelage 76% connected

The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage.

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Tutorship 76% connected

The office, duty, or care of a tutor; guardianship; tutelage.

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Derivationally related 14

Develop 74% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

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Develop 74% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

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Educate 74% connected

To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the…

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Educate 74% connected

To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the…

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Educational 74% connected

Of or pertaining to education.

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Educational 74% connected

Of or pertaining to education.

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Educationist 74% connected

One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.

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Educationist 74% connected

One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.

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Instructional 74% connected

Pertaining to, or promoting, instruction; educational.

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Instructional 74% connected

Pertaining to, or promoting, instruction; educational.

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Pedagogical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a pedagogue; suited to, or characteristic of, a pedagogue.

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Pedagogical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a pedagogue; suited to, or characteristic of, a pedagogue.

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Component part 2

Lesson 70% connected

Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied or learned at one t…

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Preparation 70% connected

The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready;…

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Program 70% connected

Same as Programme.

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Programme 70% connected

That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order…

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Synonym 7

Command 92% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

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Didactics 92% connected

The art or science of teaching.

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Direction 92% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

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Education 92% connected

The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act o…

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Pedagogy 92% connected

Pedagogics; pedagogism.

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Statement 92% connected

The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

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Teaching 92% connected

of Teach

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