instructive
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstɹʌktɪv/
adj
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.
- Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.
“Well, that was an instructive lesson.”
“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.”
noun
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.
- A case in the Finnish and Estonian languages. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.