Instruct and Want

Instruct

Instruct verb - To cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field.

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Want and instruct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Want" instead a verb "Instruct".

Nearby Words: instruction, instructor, instructive, instructing

Want verb - To have an earnest wish to own or enjoy.

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Instruct and want are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Instruct" instead a verb "Want".

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

man	instruct man	want man
woman	instruct woman	want woman
people	instruct people	want people
children	instruct children	want children
Other words: someone, characters, times, kids.

Broken Bridge: The designers might want to put you in a room that you can't get out of without working out the new thing they are trying to instruct you in.

Source: Instructive Level Design
Gun Safety: Roma has to instruct a large group of confused office workers on how to ensure they don't kill each other, boiling it down to "don't point the gun at anything you don't want to shoot and remember the [EXPLETIVE] safety." Leeroy Jenkins: The entirety of the Common Infected.

Source: Website / Ten Thousand Rads

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