📖 I — The English dictionary · page 27

instruction — Everyday, meaning 1: Instructions are words that tell you how to do something or what to do: «read the instructions».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An instruction is an order from someone in charge.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) Instruction means teaching: «swimming instruction».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (computing) A single command a computer follows.↗ Example: Read the instructions carefully before you start.↗ · Follow the instructions to build the model.↗ · The lifeguard gave clear instructions.↗ · We wrote instructions for making a sandwich.↗ · The robot follows each instruction in order.↗ · She received swimming instruction twice a week.↗ · Crimthann absorbed instruction like a sponge and digested it as rapidly.↗ · Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.↗ (Writings PRO.8.33, JPS 1917)↗ · Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee.↗ (Writings PSA.50.17, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Bind up the testimony, seal the instruction among My disciples.'↗ (Prophets ISA.8.16, JPS 1917)↗

instructional — Everyday, meaning 1: Meant to teach or show you how to do something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) To do with teaching and instruction in schools.↗ Example: We watched an instructional video on how to plant seeds.↗ · A recipe is a kind of instructional text.↗ · Instructional writing uses command verbs like "stir" and "pour".↗ · The kit came with an instructional booklet.↗ · The coach made an instructional poster about safe swimming.↗ · The school wants more instructional time for reading (formal).↗

instructions — Everyday, meaning 1: Words that tell you how to do or use something, step by step, like the instructions for building a model or a recipe.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Orders telling someone what to do: the teacher gave clear instructions.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In computing, commands that tell a computer what to do.↗ Example: Read the instructions before you start the test.↗ · Follow the instructions to build the model plane.↗ · The recipe instructions say to mix the eggs and sugar.↗ · Our robot follows the instructions we program.↗ · The teacher gave us clear instructions for the fire drill.↗ · Instructions often begin with a bossy verb like "cut" or "stir".↗ · Dad threw away the instructions and then couldn't build the shelf!↗ · The medicine bottle has instructions on how much to take.↗ · Go, my son, and do not forget any of my instructions.”↗

instructive — Everyday, meaning 1: Instructive means teaching something useful; giving information or lessons that help you learn.↗ Example: The museum trip was very instructive.↗ · This book is instructive about frogs.↗ · The story was thoughtful and instructive.↗

instructor — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who teaches a practical skill or sport, such as driving, swimming, skiing or climbing.↗ Example: My swimming instructor taught me to dive.↗ · The ski instructor showed us how to stop.↗ · Mum's driving instructor was very patient.↗ · Listen to the instructor at the climbing wall.↗ · The fitness instructor led the class.↗ · A first-aid instructor came to school.↗ · He was my instructor, and taught me music, and horsemanship, and how to cure wounds, and likewise how to inflict wounds with my weapons!"↗

instrument — Everyday, meaning 1: An instrument is a thing used to make music, like a piano, guitar, violin, flute or drum.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An instrument is also a tool for measuring or doing careful work, like a ruler, thermometer or a doctor's tools.↗ Example: The band has 14 instruments.↗ · Each student plays one instrument.↗ · A violin costs $90 more than a flute.↗ · A thermometer is an instrument for measuring temperature.↗ · Which instrument do you play?↗ · The drum is a percussion instrument.↗ · A protractor is an instrument for measuring angles.↗ · The pilot checked the instruments before take-off.↗ · Go down and ask him what the instrument costs.’↗ · And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.↗ (Torah GEN.4.22, JPS 1917)↗ · But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.↗ (Torah NUM.35.16, JPS 1917)↗ · All the instruments of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.↗ (Torah EXO.27.19, JPS 1917)↗ · That thrum on the psaltery, that devise for themselves instruments of music, like David; (Prophets AMO.6.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.↗ (Writings 2CH.29.26, JPS 1917)↗ · Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and the pipe.↗ (Writings PSA.150.4, JPS 1917)↗

insubordination — Everyday, meaning 1: Insubordination is refusing to obey people in charge; disobedience to authority.↗ Example: The captain punished the insubordination of his crew.↗ · Refusing to tidy up is a form of insubordination.↗ · The rebels showed insubordination to the king.↗

insufferable — Everyday, meaning 1: Insufferable means so bad or unpleasant that it cannot be put up with.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An insufferable person is so annoying or boastful that others cannot bear them.↗ Example: The heat in the tent was insufferable.↗ · His bragging became insufferable.↗ · The noise of the drills was insufferable.↗

insufficiency — Everyday, meaning 1: Insufficiency means not having enough of something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (medicine) Insufficiency is when a body part does not work well enough, like heart insufficiency.↗ Example: The plan failed because of an insufficiency of money.↗ · The doctor said he had a heart valve insufficiency.↗ · There is an insufficiency of data to prove it.↗ · An insufficiency of water made the plants wilt.↗ · The judge noted the insufficiency of the evidence.↗ · Insufficiency of vitamin D can weaken bones.↗

insufficient — Everyday, meaning 1: Insufficient means not enough; less than what is needed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Used about evidence, money, time or effort that does not meet a need.↗ Example: There was insufficient water for all the plants.↗ · The bank said there were insufficient funds.↗ · The police had insufficient evidence.↗ · The answer gave insufficient detail.↗ · Insufficient sleep can make you tired and grumpy.↗ · There were insufficient chairs for everyone.↗ · The vessel, you must understand, was so long, and broad, and ponderous, that the united force of all the fifty was insufficient to shove her into the water.↗ · The explanatory notes given by this author are, nevertheless, insufficient and sometimes very incorrect.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

insufficiently — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Not enough; less than is needed.↗ Example: The chicken was insufficiently cooked, so we put it back in.↗ · He was insufficiently prepared for the test.↗ · The room was insufficiently heated.↗ · Insufficiently watered plants droop.↗ · The answer was insufficiently explained.↗ · The tent was insufficiently pegged and blew away.↗

insulate — Everyday, meaning 1: To cover something with a material that stops heat, cold or sound from passing through easily.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To cover wires with a material that stops electricity from passing out, to keep people safe.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To protect someone from something unpleasant.↗ Example: We insulate the loft so the house stays warm.↗ · Plastic insulates the wires so you don't get a shock.↗ · Thick fur insulates polar bears from the cold.↗ · Which material insulates the hot water best?↗ · An insulated flask keeps soup hot for hours.↗ · Wool socks insulate your feet in winter.↗ · Air trapped between layers helps to insulate.↗ · Never touch a cable if the plastic around it is broken.↗

insulation — Everyday, meaning 1: Insulation is material that stops heat, cold, sound or electricity from passing through easily.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Insulation is the act of covering something with such material.↗ Example: Loft insulation keeps the house warm in winter.↗ · The plastic insulation on the wire stops you getting a shock.↗ · Penguins have a layer of fat for insulation.↗ · We tested which material made the best insulation for a cup of hot water.↗ · Good insulation saves energy and money.↗ · Never touch a wire if its insulation is broken.↗

insulator — Everyday, meaning 1: An insulator is a material that does not let heat pass through it easily, like wool, plastic foam or air.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An insulator is also a material that does not let electricity flow through it, like plastic, rubber, wood or glass.↗ Example: Plastic is a good electrical insulator.↗ · The plastic coating on the wire is an insulator.↗ · Wool is a good insulator, so it keeps us warm.↗ · We tested which material was the best insulator for keeping ice from melting.↗ · Metal is a conductor, not an insulator.↗ · Air trapped in feathers is a great insulator.↗ · Polar bears' thick fur and fat are insulators.↗ · Wooden spoon handles are insulators, so they don't get hot.↗

insulin — Everyday, meaning 1: Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that helps the body use sugar from food for energy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Insulin is also a medicine that people with diabetes take to control the sugar in their blood.↗ Example: Insulin helps your body use sugar for energy.↗ · People with type 1 diabetes need insulin every day.↗ · Mia wears an insulin pump at school.↗ · The nurse showed us how an insulin pen works.↗ · The pancreas makes insulin.↗ · If someone with diabetes feels faint, tell an adult straight away.↗

insult — Everyday, meaning 1: To insult someone is to say or do something rude that hurts their feelings or shows no respect.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An insult is a rude, unkind remark or action.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An insult to something means something so bad it seems to show disrespect.↗ e.g. "an insult to our intelligence".↗ Example: Calling someone stupid is an insult.↗ · He insulted the cook by not eating anything.↗ · Don't trade insults; walk away and tell a teacher.↗ · She took it as an insult when he laughed.↗ · The two pirates shouted insults at each other.↗ · To add insult to injury, it started raining after I fell.↗ · Saying sorry after an insult is the right thing.↗ · That tiny prize was an insult to all our hard work.↗ · “Geppetto, do not insult me or I shall call you Polendina.”↗

insurance — Everyday, meaning 1: Insurance is an arrangement where you pay a company a small amount regularly, and if something bad happens, like an accident, theft or illness, the company pays to help.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Insurance can mean any protection against something going wrong.↗ e.g. "I took an umbrella as insurance."↗ Example: We have insurance for our house in case of fire.↗ · Dad pays for car insurance every month.↗ · The insurance paid for the broken window.↗ · Buy travel insurance before going abroad.↗ · I packed extra snacks as insurance.↗ · Insurance costs 30 dollars a month, so 360 dollars a year.↗

insure — Everyday, meaning 1: (money) To insure something is to pay a company a small amount regularly so that, if it is lost, damaged or stolen, the company pays you money.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (money) To insure a person means to buy insurance that pays out if they are ill, hurt or die.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To protect against a bad result: practising insures against mistakes (more often spelled «ensure» or «insure against» in US English).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Insure can also mean to make certain that something will happen, especially something good.↗ Example: Dad insures the car every year.↗ · Is your bike insured against theft?↗ · They insured the house against fire and floods.↗ · We insured our luggage before the holiday.↗ · The violin is insured for a lot of money.↗ · Mum pays a monthly sum to insure our home.↗ · Wearing a helmet is one way to insure against injury.↗ · In conclusion, the voice assured her, that compliance with the above conditions would insure for her a safe return to the realms of light.↗

insurer — Everyday, meaning 1: A company or person that sells insurance and pays money if something you insured is lost, damaged or stolen.↗ Example: Dad called the insurer after the car crash.↗ · The insurer paid for the broken window.↗ · Our insurer sends a letter every year.↗ · Mum compared three insurers to find the cheapest.↗ · The insurer asked for photos of the damage.↗ · You pay the insurer a premium each month.↗

insurgent — Everyday, meaning 1: An insurgent is a person who fights against the government or ruling power of their country, often with weapons.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Insurgent as an adjective means rebelling or rising up against those in power.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Insurgent can also describe a new challenger rising against an old leader, like an insurgent party in politics.↗ Example: Insurgents attacked the army base.↗ · The government said the insurgents had been defeated.↗ · The insurgent groups controlled the hills.↗ · Some called them insurgents; others called them freedom fighters.↗ · The insurgent candidate surprised everyone by winning.↗ · History is full of insurgent movements.↗ · A poor half-grown boy in a ragged blouse fought among the older insurgents.↗

insurrection — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A rising up against the government or ruler, a rebellion.↗ Example: And I decreed, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.↗ (Writings EZR.4.19, JPS 1917)↗