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Definition of informative adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

informative

adjective
 
/ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/
 
/ɪnˈfɔːrmətɪv/
(approving)
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  1. 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.
    opposite uninformative
    Extra Examples
    • The survey proved highly informative.
    • The book is not very informative about local customs.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • prove
    • find something
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • about
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    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’.
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