instructive
- adjective
- /ɪnˈstrʌktɪv/
- The teacher provided an instructive lecture that clarified many complex topics.
- instructive example
- particularly instructive
- especially instructive
And so I do think the law is instructive and and that's one of its powers.
- And so I do think the law is instructive and and that's one of its powers.
- But, you know, this is this is, I think an instructive time for all Republicans.
- Like what is the data that is instructive in how you're gauging the training and approach?
- And do you think about what consciousness is in the human mind that could be instructive for creating AI systems?
- The way in which they approach the care, the mood that they're in, all of these things are instructive when they're happening in front of you.
- So watching these battle lines between these factions come out is very instructive in December.
- And I think, you know, what's instructive about it is, is a conversation around the safety measures when you host an event like this.
- What living creatures have you found to be most inspiring as an engineer instructive in your work in robotics?
- Now the trouble that people have is that it's it's regret is painful and it's instructive, but you can't have just one.
Examples
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I tell it not for the sake of finding fault, but to provide us today with an instructive reminder.
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The history of the American economy is very instructive as to what produces economic growth.
Academic text (2011) -
Maybe it's too long or too difficult, maybe it's not instructive to the class.
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And I hope, my hope is that this moment is also instructive for all of us that this should not be what we want.
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A failed experiment but an instructive one.
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So watching these battle lines between these factions come out is very instructive in December.
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Well, thank you for this very instructive excursion.
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The run-through is instructive because I record it and send it to the students.
Academic text (2013) -
But Chris's journey is as instructive, I think, as it is profound.
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Your paper, "O'er Hill and Dale with Field Glass and Camera" was most instructive.
Synonyms
Full of useful facts or ideas that help you understand something
Gives useful facts or details about something
To teach or show how to do something
Giving information to help people understand something
Antonyms
How Instructive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Instructive comes from the verb instruct, which comes from a Latin root meaning 'to build' and is the same root you see in structure. So, something instructive 'builds' your knowledge by giving useful information or guidance.