to reinstruct
- verb
- /ˌriːɪnˈstrʌkt/
- After the mix-up, the teacher had to reinstruct the students on the correct procedure for the experiment.
Examples
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It will take a concerted effort by dedicated people to reinstruct federal, state, and local bureaucrats in the proper allocation of government monies and in the importance of maintaining government neutrality in matters of religious belief.
Academic text (2004) -
I didn't tell his mechs either; I simply reinstructed them.
Fiction book (1999) -
A further revision changed the code "reinstruct" to "instruct" to allow the introduction of new coaching information during a drill to now be coded.
Academic text (1996) -
The manager decided to reinstruct the staff on the new safety protocols to avoid any confusion.
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To ensure everyone was on the same page, she reinstructed her team about the project's deadlines.
Synonyms
To do or say something again
To say something again to make it clear
To say something again in a different, clearer way
To explain something again so someone understands it better
To say something again in a clearer way
To repeat the main theme near the end of a piece
Say something again in a clearer way
To describe something again in a different way to make it clearer
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word reinstruct is formed from re- meaning 'again' and instruct, which you can see in instruction and instructor and means 'to teach' or 'give directions'. So, to reinstruct is to give instructions again to make something clear or to correct earlier instructions.