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informative

adj
/ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/UK/ɪnˈfɔɹmətɪv/CA/ɪnˈfoːmətɪv/

Etymology

From inform + -ative.

  1. derived from īnfōrmō
  2. derived from enformer
  3. inherited from informen
  4. suffixed as informative — “inform + ative”

Definitions

  1. Providing information

    Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information.

    • I read a very informative newspaper article on that subject last week.

  2. Of a standard or specification, not specifying requirements, but merely providing…

    Of a standard or specification, not specifying requirements, but merely providing information.

  3. Formative

    Formative; having power to form.

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Derived

bioinformative, counterinformative, disinformative, informatively, informativeness, informativity, metainformative, misinformative, noninformative, overinformative, superinformative, underinformative

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at informative. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at informative. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at informative

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA