Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)direction, instructiona message describing how something is to be done“he gave directions faster than she could follow them”
(n)education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activitythe activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill“he received no formal education”, “our instruction was carefully programmed”, “good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded”
(n)teaching, instruction, pedagogythe profession of a teacher“he prepared for teaching while still in college”, “pedagogy is recognized as an important profession”
(n)instruction, command, statement, program line(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program