Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Serving to inform; providing or disclosing information; instructive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having power to form or animate.
- Didactic; instructive: as, a simply informative rather than dogmatic spirit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having power to inform, animate, or vivify.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Providing
information ; especially, providinguseful orinteresting information. - adjective Not specifying requirements, but merely providing information.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective providing or conveying information
- adjective tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
- adjective serving to instruct or enlighten or inform
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Periodic Table of Visualization Methods: One of my interests is in informative ways to present data.
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Periodic Table of Visualization Methods: One of my interests is in informative ways to [...]
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Most important, this made available to me an astounding network of other prize recipients, experienced editors, and the possibility to participate in informative workshops about electronic publication.
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Or, does the Gender Genie label informative-scientific writing as male because, given current gender balance, such writing is relatively more likely to be written by males?
Write like a girl? Michelle 2008
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When was it released, and how informative is it really?
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Reality Check videos help you separate the misinformation from the facts in short, informative and often humorous point / counterpoint scenarios.
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Reality Check videos help you separate the misinformation from the facts in short, informative and often humorous point / counterpoint scenarios.
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Far from being just a communication of factual data - "informative" - the loving truth of the Gospel is creative and life-changing - "performative" cf.
Archive 2008-04-13 papabear 2008
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One last Finder setting that’s highly informative is the “Show item info” option (from Finder’s Action menu, choose View Options, and it’s a checkbox there).
Tweak Your Way To A Better Finder | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I can do it in informative posts, in my fiction, but my natural style isn’t like the example above.
Three Techniques to Avoid Being a Boring Writer | Write to Done 2009
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