"instructive" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈstɹʌktɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-instructive.wav Forms: more instructive [comparative], most instructive [superlative]
Etymology: From instruct + -ive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|instruct|ive}} instruct + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} instructive (comparative more instructive, superlative most instructive)
  1. Conveying knowledge, information or instruction. Synonyms: didactic, educative, informative, informatory Derived forms: instructive case Translations (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction): инструктивен (instruktiven) (Bulgarian), поучителен (poučitelen) (Bulgarian), instructiu (Catalan), instructief (Dutch), leerrijk (Dutch), leerzaam (Dutch), opettava (Finnish), opettavainen (Finnish), instructif (French), lehrreich (German), aufschlussreich (German), belehrend (German), istruttivo (Italian), instruttivo (Italian), lærerik (Norwegian Bokmål), lærerik (Norwegian Nynorsk), поучи́тельный (poučítelʹnyj) (Russian), informativo (Spanish), instructivo (Spanish), aleccionador (Spanish), повча́льний (povčálʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-instructive-en-adj-FAgy-Nu3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 77 23

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈstɹʌktɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-instructive.wav Forms: instructives [plural]
Etymology: From instruct + -ive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|instruct|ive}} instruct + -ive Head templates: {{en-noun}} instructive (plural instructives)
  1. (linguistics) A case in the Finnish and Estonian languages. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action. Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (Case expressing means or instrument used to perform an action): instruktiv [masculine] (Czech), viisiütlev (Estonian), instruktiiv (Estonian), instruktiivi (Finnish), keinonto (Finnish), instructif [masculine] (French), Instruktiv [masculine] (German), инструкти́вный паде́ж (instruktívnyj padéž) [masculine] (Russian), инструкти́в (instruktív) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-instructive-en-noun-KrfZm1bA Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 36 64 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Adjective [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-instructive.wav
Head templates: {{head|fr|adjective form}} instructive
  1. feminine singular of instructif Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: instructif
    Sense id: en-instructive-fr-adj-p-9WsOuP Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Conveying knowledge, information or instruction",
      "word": "leerrijk"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Conveying knowledge, information or instruction",
      "word": "leerzaam"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Conveying knowledge, information or instruction",
      "word": "opettava"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Conveying knowledge, information or instruction",
      "word": "opettavainen"
    },
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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Conveying knowledge, information or instruction",
      "word": "lehrreich"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Conveying knowledge, information or instruction",
      "word": "aufschlussreich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Conveying knowledge, information or instruction",
      "word": "belehrend"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Conveying knowledge, information or instruction",
      "word": "istruttivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Conveying knowledge, information or instruction",
      "word": "instruttivo"
    },
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      "sense": "Conveying knowledge, information or instruction",
      "word": "lærerik"
    },
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      "sense": "Conveying knowledge, information or instruction",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "Conveying knowledge, information or instruction",
      "word": "поучи́тельный"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Conveying knowledge, information or instruction",
      "word": "informativo"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Conveying knowledge, information or instruction",
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    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "Conveying knowledge, information or instruction",
      "word": "aleccionador"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "povčálʹnyj",
      "sense": "Conveying knowledge, information or instruction",
      "word": "повча́льний"
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}

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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Case expressing means or instrument used to perform an action",
      "word": "keinonto"
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      "word": "Instruktiv"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "instruktívnyj padéž",
      "sense": "Case expressing means or instrument used to perform an action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "инструкти́вный паде́ж"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "instruktív",
      "sense": "Case expressing means or instrument used to perform an action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "инструкти́в"
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}

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