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# instill

«instill» in Mova's school dictionary: **To slowly put an idea, feeling or habit into someone's…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (instill, instills, instilled, instilling — US spelling; UK spelling instil, instils, instilled, instilling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To slowly put an idea, feeling or habit into someone's mind so it stays: instil good manners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instill/#m1)

2) (medicine, rare) To put liquid in drop by drop, like eye drops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instill/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and school, parents and teachers try to instil confidence, kindness, discipline or a love of reading in children. Coaches instil teamwork. Phrases: instil in/into someone, instil confidence, instil fear, instil a love of.

### examples

- Our coach instilled confidence in the whole team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instill/#x1)
- Grandad instilled a love of fishing in me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instill/#x2)
- Good teachers instill curiosity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instill/#x3)
- The scary film instilled fear in my little brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instill/#x4)
- Parents try to instill good manners in their children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instill/#x5)
- Practice instils good habits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instill/#x6)

### note

Spelling: US «instill», UK and Australia «instil» — both have «instilled», «instilling». Pattern: instil something in/into someone. Pronounced in-STILL.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «instill» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instill/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.