How many syllables in instructions?

There are 3 syllables in the word instructions.

How to pronounce instructions:

instructions (noun):: an outline or manual of technical procedure directions; a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it.

behests

book of instructions

charges

command

commandments

commands

decrees

dictates

didactics

direction

directions

directives

edicts

education

educational activity

imperatives

injunctions

instruction

instruction manual

manual

operating instructions

orders

pedagogy

program line

requirements

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autodidacticism

flying by the seat of one's pants

learning as you go

self-help

self-learning

self-teaching

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Light syllables, having short vowels and no ending consonant, often occur in unstressed positions in polysyllabic words.

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