instructive
pronunciation
How to pronounce instructive in British English:
UK [ɪnˈstrʌktɪv]
How to pronounce instructive in American English:
US [ɪnˈstrʌktɪv]
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- Adjective:
- serving to instruct of enlighten or inform
- tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
Word Origin
- instructive (adj.)
- 1610s, from instruct + -ive. Related: Instructively; instructiveness.
Example
- 1. Here the depression-era london meeting is instructive .
- 2. To see russia 's two leaders in quick succession is instructive .
- 3. In this way , writing is both therapeutic and instructive .
- 4. The performance of emerging-market equities has also been instructive .
- 5. The experience of massachusetts is instructive .