informative
Use Informative in a sentence
mə adjective
giving information; instructive: an informative book.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English: formative < Medieval Latin infōrmātīvus, equivalent to Latin infōrmāt(us) (past participle of infōrmāre to inform1) + -īvus -ive
1375–1425; late Middle English: formative < Medieval Latin infōrmātīvus, equivalent to Latin infōrmāt(us) (past participle of infōrmāre to inform1) + -īvus -ive
Related forms
in·form·a·tive·ly, adverb
in·form·a·tive·ness, noun
non·in·for·ma·tive, adjective
non·in·for·ma·tive·ly, adverb
non·in·for·ma·tive·ness, noun
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Informative
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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informative or informatory (ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| providing information; instructive | |
| informatory or informatory | |
| —adj | |
| in'formatively or informatory | |
| —adv | |
| in'formativeness or informatory | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Thanks so much for an informative and educational article.
Entertaining, sure, even moderately informative and often correct.
Supply and demand curves are still informative devices.
The blogs they turn to don't have a lot of substance in these areas, even though more informative blogs do exist.
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