Dictionary

instructive en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈstɹʌktɪv/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English instruct Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English instructive From instruct + -ive.

Meanings

1. Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.
   • Some commentators have suggested that the activity represented by WallStreetBets and Trumpism are part of the same populist, anti-elite phenomenon, but if Trumpism in general is instructive at all here, it’s as a reminder that self-described anti-elite movements can, in fact, turn out to be much more complicated than that. 2021 January 29, John Herrman, “Everything’s a Joke Until It’s Not”, in The New York Times:
   • Well, that was an instructive lesson.

Forms

Deriveds

uninstructive · preinstructive · instructiveness · noninstructive · misinstructive · instructively · instructive case · bioinstructive

Synonyms

educative · informatory · didactic · informative

Translations (22)

nb lærerik (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · hi शिक्षाप्रद (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · it instruttivo (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · fi opettavainen (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · de aufschlussreich (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · es aleccionador (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · bg инструктивен (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · nn lærerik (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · bg поучителен (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · es instructivo (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · fr instructif (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · de lehrreich (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · it istruttivo (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · ca instructiu (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · uk повча́льний (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · nl leerrijk (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · nl leerzaam (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · ru поучи́тельный (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · fi opettava (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · hu tanulságos (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · de belehrend (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction) · nl instructief (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction)

instructive en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈstɹʌktɪv/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English instruct Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English instructive From instruct + -ive.

Meanings

1. A case in the Finnish and Estonian languages. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.

Forms

Translations (9)

cs instruktiv (Case expressing means or instrument used to perform an action) · ru инструкти́в (Case expressing means or instrument used to perform an action) · ru инструкти́вный паде́ж (Case expressing means or instrument used to perform an action) · et instruktiiv (Case expressing means or instrument used to perform an action) · fr instructif (Case expressing means or instrument used to perform an action) · de Instruktiv (Case expressing means or instrument used to perform an action) · fi instruktiivi (Case expressing means or instrument used to perform an action) · fi keinonto (Case expressing means or instrument used to perform an action) · et viisiütlev (Case expressing means or instrument used to perform an action)