informative
/ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/adjective
उच्चारण इन्फ़ॉर्मटिव
जानकारीपूर्ण
Core word
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giving useful information
जानकारीपूर्ण
- an informative lecture
- The documentary was both informative and entertaining, so the whole class enjoyed watching it.
- It was an informative talk about careers in science.
+ 3 more examples
- The guide gave a very informative description of the fort.
- The website is informative and easy to read.
- Her speech was short but informative.
Synonyms instructive educational enlightening illuminating
Opposite uninformative
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
informative + noun
Describes a talk, book or article that gives a lot of useful facts.
ऐसे भाषण, पुस्तक या लेख का वर्णन करता है जो बहुत उपयोगी तथ्य देता है।
- It was a short but informative lecture.
- The website is very informative.
informative about / on sth
Use about or on for the topic.
विषय के लिए 'about' या 'on' आता है।
- The guide was informative about local history.
find sth informative
The pattern find + object + informative shows your opinion.
Find + object + informative पैटर्न आपकी राय दिखाता है।
- Students found the field trip highly informative.
informative vs informational
Informative is about how much you learn; informational is about purpose.
'Informative' बताता है कि कितना सीखने को मिला; 'informational' उद्देश्य बताता है।
- An informational poster is not always informative.
+Collocations 5
adverb + informative
veryhighlyextremelymostfairly
- The talk was highly informative.
informative + noun
articletalkguidesessionvideo
- Radhika wrote an informative article for the school magazine.
informative + and
informative and usefulinformative and interestinginformative and clearinformative and accurate
- The leaflet is informative and easy to read.
less / not informative
not veryhardlyfar fromless
- The notice was not very informative.
informative + media
documentarypamphletpodcastnewsletterexhibit
- The informative podcast explains the Constitution in simple words.
“More examples 7
- Radhika found the museum guide extremely informative.
राधिका को संग्रहालय का गाइड अत्यंत जानकारीपूर्ण लगा।
- The website is informative but a little hard to navigate.
वेबसाइट जानकारीपूर्ण है, पर उसमें रास्ता खोजना थोड़ा कठिन है।
- An informative speech should be clear and well organised.
जानकारी देने वाला भाषण स्पष्ट और सुव्यवस्थित होना चाहिए।
- She gave an informative talk on water conservation.
उसने जल संरक्षण पर एक ज्ञानवर्धक भाषण दिया।
- The documentary was informative as well as entertaining.
वृत्तचित्र मनोरंजक होने के साथ-साथ ज्ञानवर्धक भी था।
- The brochure is informative and well illustrated.
पुस्तिका जानकारीपूर्ण है और अच्छी तरह चित्रित है।
- Radhika liked the informative charts at the science exhibition.
राधिका को विज्ञान प्रदर्शनी के जानकारीपूर्ण चार्ट पसंद आए।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The lecture was very informing.
✓ The lecture was very informative.
To describe something that gives useful facts, informative is used, not informing.
उपयोगी तथ्य देने वाली चीज़ के लिए 'informative' आता है, 'informing' नहीं।
✗ The guide gave us many informations.
✓ The guide gave us a lot of information.
Information is uncountable and cannot take many or a plural s.
'Information' uncountable है; इसके साथ 'many' या बहुवचन 's' नहीं लगता।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep apart informative (giving information) and informed (having information: 'an informed decision').
Informative (जानकारी देने वाला) और informed (जानकार: 'an informed decision') को अलग रखिए।