subject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about

rule - any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order; "the rule of St. Dominic"

prescript, rule - prescribed guide for conduct or action

rubric - directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book)

misdirection - incorrect directions or instructions

name and address, destination, address - written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location

markup - detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics)

prescription - directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions; "I tried to follow her prescription for success"

recipe, formula - directions for making something

rule - directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted; "he knew the rules of chess"

stage direction - an instruction written as part of the script of a play

style - editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display

system command - a computer user's instruction (not part of a program) that calls for action by the computer's executive program

activity - any specific activity; "they avoided all recreational activity"

education - the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)

classroom project - a school task requiring considerable effort

homework, prep, preparation - preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

lesson - a task assigned for individual study; "he did the lesson for today"

coeducation - education of men and women in the same institutions

course, course of instruction, course of study, class - education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"

elementary education - education in elementary subjects (reading and writing and arithmetic) provided to young students at a grade school

extension service, university extension, extension - an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who not enrolled as regular students

extracurricular activity - educational activities not falling within the scope of the regular curriculum

higher education - education provided by a college or university

secondary education - education beyond the elementary grades; provided by a high school or college preparatory school

work-study program - an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study

point system - a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules

education - the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's"

academic program - (education) a program of education in liberal arts and sciences (usually in preparation for higher education)

Department of Education, Education Department, Education - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979

tuition - a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education); "tuition and room and board were more than $25,000"

education - the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)

catechesis - oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation)

catechetical instruction - teaching religious principles by questions and answers

language teaching - teaching people to speak and understand a foreign language

teaching reading - teaching beginners to read

schooling - the act of teaching at school

indoctrination - teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically

tutelage, tutorship, tuition - teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)

lesson - a unit of instruction; "he took driving lessons"

hypnopedia, sleep-learning - teaching during sleep (as by suing recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep)

spoonfeeding - teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought

lecturing, lecture - teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

computer code, code - (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions

computer program, computer programme, program, programme - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"

call - an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed"

command line - commands that a user types in in order to run an application

link - (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list

macro, macro instruction - a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language

system error - an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules

toggle - any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time