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educative

educative

1 4.2
Helps people learn new things
  • adjective
  • /ˈɛdʒʊˌkeɪtɪv/
translation icon : educativo
  • Her presentation was very educative, explaining complex concepts in a way that everyone could understand.
  • educative process
  • educative participation
  • educative function

It has been very educative to hear them talk about their health.

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Examples

  • Despite the number of participants, the research team felt that educative conclusions could still be made based on the available data.

    Academic text (2013)
  • We very much believe in the educative and advocacy process that is going on in competitive trade and policy in Geneva.

    Academic text (2001)
  • It has been very educative to hear them talk about their health.

  • The school, as a social institution, was developed and maintained to provide educative experiences delegated to it by society.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The process of research, if educative and healing, can support self-determination.

    Academic text (2010)
  • The gift symbolizes the educative and missionary effort.

    Academic text (1998)
  • An argument raised was that law has an educative function in signaling social mores.

    Blog text (9)
  • Providing students with models of expected work is consistent with educative assessment practices (Wiggins, 1993, 1998).

    Academic text (2002)
  • Central to the educative process are critical thinking, constructivism, creativity, and the ability to conceive phenomena through musical expression.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The school focuses on educative teaching, involving human beings (teachers and students) with all their complexities.

    Academic text (1998)

Synonyms

educational
vseducative
443 2.7

That helps people learn

focuses on actually causing someone to learn or gain knowledge
enlightening
vseducative
43 4.5

Helps you understand something in a new, clearer way

teaches more generally rather than only giving sudden insight
instructional
vseducative
34 3.4

To teach or show how to do something

aims at producing learning rather than describing teaching methods
edifying
vseducative
  • Formal
5 6.8

Helping people learn moral and useful ideas for life

focuses on imparting knowledge without moral or uplifting aim
informatory
vseducative
7.4

Giving information to help people understand something

aims to produce learning and understanding rather than just give facts

Antonyms

Does not give useful information or help someone learn

How Educational

didactic
  • Literature
5 8.1
edifying
  • Formal
5 6.8
educative
1 4.2
informative
94 3.5

Surface Forms

educative positive

Morphology

educative = educate (transparent) = educate + ive

Standard adjective formation: 'educate' + '-ive' yields an adjective meaning 'providing or tending to educate', so the meaning is directly derived from the verb.

Etymology

Educative comes from the Latin educare, from e- ('out') and ducere ('to lead'), so it originally meant 'to lead out' or 'bring up'. So, an educative experience helps 'lead' you to new knowledge and learning.