instructed

Definitions

Taught or provided with knowledge or skills.

Directed or commanded someone to do something.

Examples

The teacher instructed the students to open their textbooks to page forty.

He was instructed by his manager to complete the report before the end of the day.

The pilot instructed the passengers to fasten their seatbelts during the turbulence.

Synonyms

taught educated trained coached tutored directed guided

Antonyms

misled misinformed confused neglected abandoned ignored misguided