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instructive

instructive

31 4.1
Giving useful information that helps you learn
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈstrʌktɪv/
translation icon : instructivo
  • 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.

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Examples

  • I tell it not for the sake of finding fault, but to provide us today with an instructive reminder.

  • 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.

  • And I hope, my hope is that this moment is also instructive for all of us that this should not be what we want.

  • A failed experiment but an instructive one.

  • So watching these battle lines between these factions come out is very instructive in December.

  • Well, thank you for this very instructive excursion.

  • 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.

  • Your paper, "O'er Hill and Dale with Field Glass and Camera" was most instructive.

Synonyms

informative
vsinstructive
94 3.5

Full of useful facts or ideas that help you understand something

provides guidance or teaching rather than only facts
informational
vsinstructive
38 4.1

Gives useful facts or details about something

provides guidance or teaching rather than only facts
instructional
vsinstructive
34 3.4

To teach or show how to do something

emphasizes practical guidance and insight rather than formal teaching
informatory
vsinstructive
7.4

Giving information to help people understand something

focuses on giving guidance and insight rather than just facts

Antonyms

Does not give useful information or help someone learn

How Instructive

enlightening
43 4.5
illuminating
17 4.3
instructive
31 4.1
informative
94 3.5
revealing
38 4.0

Surface Forms

instructive positive

Morphology

instructive = instruct (transparent) = instruct + ive

The adjective is a regular derivation from the verb 'instruct' using the productive suffix '-ive', meaning 'providing instruction'.

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.