EDUCATIVE

educative

(adjective) resulting in education; “an educative experience”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

educative (comparative more educative, superlative most educative)

Serving to educate; educational.

Synonyms: didactic, educational, instructive

Source: Wiktionary


Ed"u*ca*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. Ă©ducatif.]

Definition: Tending to educate; that gives education; as, an educative process; an educative experience.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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16 January 2025

BOOK

(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; “they run things by the book around here”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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