how to pronounce instructive

/ɪnˈstɹʌk.tɪv/

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instructive is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of instructive in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… it's sort of instructive to look at a …”

meanings of instructive

adjective:

Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.

noun:

A case in the Finnish language. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.

instructive frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word instructive occurs in english on average 3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics instructive can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that instructive can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;