informative

UK/ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/US/ɪnˈfoɹmətɪv/

adjectiveB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,601 of 15,258leans written

Informative means giving useful facts. A very informative talk.

It is faint praise on its own, since it says the thing was useful rather than good. An informative label is now required on most food sold anywhere in Europe.

Definitions of informative

1adjectiveinformativeGiving useful facts.B2+
“The tour was informative and about an hour too long.”

informative is a quality.

Where it comes from

Latin
īnfōrmō — to shape, form, train, instruct, educate
Old French
enformer
Middle English
informen
English
inform
English, today
informative

Built from

informer · Old French — to train, instruct, inform
in- · Latin — into
fōrma · Latin — form, shape

From inform + -ative. inform comes from Middle English informen, enformen, borrowed from Old French enformer, informer (“to train, instruct, inform”), from Latin īnfōrmō (“to shape, form, train, instruct, educate”), from in- (“into”) + fōrma (“form, shape”), equivalent to in + form.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

informative in the wild

NTV Plus was set up with the vision to reach out to the youth population through its wide range of programs, including entertainment, informative and sports programs.
NTV Plus (Nepali TV channel)
Some German publications, especially dictionaries, also use a Warenzeichen grapheme,, which is informative and independent of the actual protection status of the name.
Trademark symbol
The paradox of analysis is a paradox that concerns how an analysis can be correct or informative but not both.
Paradox of analysis
The award was given in honor of a talk show that was of the informative nature.
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Informative
The award was given in honor of a talk show host that was in the informative nature.
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the fōrma family

form inform

informative — used about once every 4,818 pages · #9,601 · point at the bar for the others

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