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👩‍🏫 Teaching again 💻 Updating instructions
reinstruction

reinstruction

6.0
To teach or train someone again to refresh their skills
  • noun
  • /ˌriːɪnˈstrʌkʃən/
translation icon : reentrenamiento
  • After several months away from school, the teacher provided reinstruction to help the students catch up.

Examples

  • The athlete attended a workshop that offered reinstruction on proper technique to improve performance.

  • Only a few had difficulty, and upon reinstruction, they were able to perform the tasks with accuracy.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Her reinstruction in the use of the software ensured that everyone was up to date with the latest features.

Synonyms

refresher
vsreinstruction
17 4.1

A short course that reviews skills and teaches new ways to do them

is a broader act of teaching again, not only a short course
retraining
vsreinstruction
14 3.9

Learning new skills to do a different job

focuses on repeating teaching to update or clarify existing skills
reeducation
vsreinstruction
1 5.4

Teaching someone new skills to replace old knowledge or habits

emphasizes repeating instruction to update or clarify existing knowledge

How Trained

retraining
14 3.9
reinstruction
6.0
instruction
455 1.2
briefing
368 3.7
reminder
342 1.0

Surface Forms

reinstruction singular
reinstructions plural

Morphology

reinstruction = instruction (transparent) = re + instruct + ion

Adding 're-' to 'instruction' straightforwardly gives the meaning of instruction given again.

Etymology

The word reinstruction combines the prefix re- ('again') with instruction ('teaching' or 'orders'), so it literally means 'teaching again' and is used when people need a refresh or update of their skills.