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    instructive
    /ɪnˈstrʌktɪv/

    adjective

    • 1. useful and informative: "it is instructive to compare the two projects"

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  2. us / ɪnˈstrʌk·tɪv / Add to word list. giving useful or interesting information: It would be instructive to follow up the opinion poll with another one after the election. (Definition of instructive from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of instructive. instructive.

  3. The meaning of INSTRUCTIVE is carrying a lesson : enlightening. How to use instructive in a sentence.

  4. Instructive definition: serving to instruct or inform; conveying instruction, knowledge, or information; enlightening.. See examples of INSTRUCTIVE used in a sentence.

  5. adjective. us / ɪnˈstrʌk·tɪv / Add to word list. giving useful or interesting information: It would be instructive to follow up the opinion poll with another one after the election. (Definition of instructive from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of instructive. instructive.

  6. instructive in British English. (ɪnˈstrʌktɪv ) adjective. serving to instruct or enlighten; conveying information. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. instructively (inˈstructively) adverb.

  7. Definitions of instructive. adjective. serving to instruct or enlighten or inform. synonyms: informative. informative, informatory. providing or conveying information. clarifying, elucidative. that makes clear. demonstrative, illustrative. serving to demonstrate. didactic, didactical. instructive (especially excessively) doctrinaire.

  8. Define instructive. instructive synonyms, instructive pronunciation, instructive translation, English dictionary definition of instructive. adj. Conveying knowledge or information; enlightening. in·struc′tive·ly adv. in·struc′tive·ness n.

  9. adjective. uk / ɪnˈstrʌktɪv / us. Add to word list Add to word list. providing useful information: an instructive discussion / talk. instructively. adverb. (Definition of instructive from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of instructive. in Chinese (Traditional) 有啟發性的, 有教育意義的… See more.

  10. Definition of instructive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  11. in•struc•tive (in struk′ tiv), adj. serving to instruct or inform; conveying instruction, knowledge, or information; enlightening. Grammar noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate means by which. instruct + - ive 1605–15. in•struc′tive•ly, adv.