לדלג לתוכן הראשי

noun

instructions

a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it

In a sentence

Six example sentences with instructions, each labelled with its topic.

  • The router arrived without instructions, so an entire evening went into guessing which cable belonged in which socket.

    Technology

  • The instructions that came with the second hand enlarger were printed in 1974 and still explained the timer perfectly.

    Photography

  • Somebody threw out the instructions for the pressure cooker, and none of us could work out the steam release.

    Cooking

  • The console's instructions were four pages long, and three of them explained how to plug in the power lead.

    Gaming

  • The synthesizer's instructions were translated so badly that the users' forum wrote its own manual.

    Music

  • The rowing machine's instructions show how to adjust the foot straps, which nobody reads until their heels slip.

    Fitness

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