implicit instruction
nounUK /ɪmˈplɪsɪt ɪnˈstrʌkʃən/
US /ɪmˈplɪsɪt ɪnˈstrʌkʃən/
Learning something without being told directly, just by watching or figuring it out.
She learned to bake bread by implicit instruction, watching her grandmother every day.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A hint or clue that suggests what to do without saying it outright.
The teacher's raised eyebrow was an implicit instruction to stop talking.
3. In computer science, a command understood by a system without being written in the code.
The software followed an implicit instruction to save the file automatically.
4. A rule that people follow because it is understood, not because it is written down.
Waiting in line is an implicit instruction in most classrooms.