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didactic
What does didactic mean?
didactic (adjective): instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use didactic in a sentence?
- Mistakes have great didactic value. (Tatoeba sentence #11043454 by shekitten, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce didactic?
/daɪˈdæktɪk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does didactic come from?
From French didactique, from Ancient Greek διδακτικός (didaktikós, “skilled in teaching”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “didactic” mean?
containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles
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instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality
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of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family
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experiencing a sensation of whirling and of being giddy, unbalanced, or lightheaded
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