instruire

instruire [ɛ̃stʀyiʀ]

➭ TABLE 38

1. transitive verb

   a. ( = former) to teach ; [+ recrue] to train

   b. (Law) [+ affaire, dossier] to conduct an investigation into

2. reflexive verb

► s'instruire ( = apprendre) to educate o.s.

• on s'instruit à tout âge (humorous) it's never too late to learn

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ɛ̃stʀɥiʀ
1.

verbe transitif

1) (former) [personne] to teach [enfant]; to train [soldats]

ce film ne vise pas à instruire — this film is not intended to be educational

2) Droit

instruire une affaire — to prepare a case for judgment

3) (informer) fml

instruire quelqu'un de quelque chose — to inform somebody of something

2.

s'instruire verbe pronominal (apprendre) to learn

on s'instruit à tout âge — it's never too late to learn

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ɛ̃stʀɥiʀ

1. vt

1) [élèves] to teach

2) [recrues] to train

3) DROIT, [affaire] to conduct the investigation for

4)

instruire qn de qch (= informer) — to inform sb of sth, to advise sb of sth

2. vi

instruire contre qn DROIT — to investigate sb

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instruire verb table: conduire

A vtr

1 (former) [personne] to teach [enfant, jeunesse]; [personne] to train [soldats]; ce film ne vise pas à instruire this film is not intended to be educational;

2 Jur instruire une affaire to prepare a case for judgment; le juge chargé d'instruire l'affaire the judge in charge of preparing the case for judgment; instruire contre qn to make a case against sb;

3 fml (informer) instruire qn de qch to inform sb of sth; il nous a instruits de ses intentions he informed us of his intentions.

B s'instruire vpr

1 (apprendre) to learn; on s'instruit à tout âge it's never too late to learn;

2 fml (s'informer) s'instruire de qch to find out about sth; il s'est instruit des intentions de ton collègue he found out what your colleague's intentions were.

[ɛ̃strɥir] verbe transitif

1. [enseigner à] to teach, to instruct

[former] to educate

MILITAIRE [recrue] to train

une émission destinée à instruire en distrayant a programme designed to be both entertaining and educational

instruit par l'expérience taught by experience

2. (soutenu) [aviser]

instruire quelqu'un de quelque chose to inform somebody of something, to acquaint somebody with something

3. DROIT

instruire une affaire ou un dossier to set up a preliminary inquiry

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[ɛ̃strɥir] verbe intransitif

DROIT

instruire contre quelqu'un to set up a preliminary inquiry against somebody

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s'instruire verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)

[se cultiver] to educate oneself, to improve one's mind

il s'est instruit tout seul he's a self-educated man

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s'instruire verbe pronominal intransitif

[apprendre] to learn

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s'instruire de verbe pronominal plus préposition

s'instruire de quelque chose to (try to) obtain information about something, to find out about something

s'instruire de quelque chose auprès de quelqu'un to inquire of somebody about something (soutenu), to ask somebody about something