instructive

Collocations

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(adj.)

VERBS

be

ADV

extremely, highly, most, particularly, very

The museum tour was extremely instructive and helped us understand the city's history much better.

quite

Definitions

adj

1

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

1

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — serving to instruct or enlighten or inform

informative

Antonyms

uninstructive

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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Well, that was an instructive lesson.

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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 her

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Any book will do as long as it is instructive.

Tatoeba · #40501

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None of the books are instructive.

Tatoeba · #43927

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This book is interesting, also instructive.

Tatoeba · #43932

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Not all of the books are instructive.

Tatoeba · #43950