Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

instructive

/ɪnˈstɹʌktɪv/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables: in-struc-tive
IPA: /ɪnˈstɹʌktɪv/

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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."

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.

Inflected Forms

more instructive (comparative) most instructive (superlative) instructives (plural)

Derived Forms

bioinstructive instructively instructiveness misinstructive noninstructive preinstructive uninstructive

Phrases

instructive case

Synonyms

didactic educative informative informatory

Rhymes With

productive non-productive destructive reproductive constructive seductive unproductive conductive obstructive inductive reconstructive superconductive

Questions

How do you pronounce instructive?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈstɹʌktɪv/.
What does instructive mean?: Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.
Where does instructive come from?: 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.

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