informative
adjective/ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/
/ɪnˈfɔːrmətɪv/
(approving)- giving useful information
- The talk was both informative and entertaining.
- Findings suggest that while television is more informative than the press, it is less persuasive.
Extra Examples- The survey proved highly informative.
- The book is not very informative about local customs.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- find something
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- about
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘formative, giving life or shape’): from medieval Latin informativus, from Latin informare ‘give form to, instruct’, from in- ‘into’ + forma ‘a form’.Want to learn more?
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