informative
pronunciation
How to pronounce informative in British English:
UK [ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv]
How to pronounce informative in American English:
US [ɪnˈfɔːrmətɪv]
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- Adjective:
- tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
- serving to instruct of enlighten or inform
- providing or conveying information
Word Origin
- informative (adj.)
- "instructive," late 14c., "formative, shaping, plastic," from Medieval Latin informativus, from Latin informatus, past participle of informare (see inform). Related: Informatively.
Example
- 1. But what they do not say can be informative too .
- 2. A very informative and important book .
- 3. However , if possible , think of an informative but catchy title .
- 4. Damian thompson , a british journalist who stopped drinking after 14 years of alcoholism , has produced an entertaining and informative account of what he depicts as an epidemic of addiction .
- 5. Conversely , u.s. subjects report significantly more use of the internet for information search , and this affects informative and transformative reactions .