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productive
[ pruh-duhk-tiv ]
adjective
- having the power of producing; generative; creative:
a productive effort.
- producing readily or abundantly; fertile:
a productive vineyard.
Synonyms: fecund
Antonyms: sterile
- causing; bringing about (usually followed by of ):
conditions productive of crime and sin.
- Economics. producing or tending to produce goods and services having exchange value.
- Grammar. (of derivational affixes or patterns) readily used in forming new words, as the suffix -ness.
- (in language learning) of or relating to the language skills of speaking and writing ( receptive ).
productive
/ prəˈdʌktɪv /
adjective
- producing or having the power to produce; fertile
- yielding favourable or effective results
- economics
- producing or capable of producing goods and services that have monetary or exchange value
productive assets
- of or relating to such production
the productive processes of an industry
- postpositivefoll byof resulting in
productive of good results
- denoting an affix or combining form used to produce new words
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Derived Forms
- proˈductively, adverb
- proˈductiveness, noun
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Other Words From
- pro·ductive·ly adverb
- pro·ductive·ness noun
- pro·duc·tiv·i·ty [proh-duhk-, tiv, -i-tee], noun
- anti·pro·ductive adjective
- anti·pro·ductive·ly adverb
- semi·pro·ductive adjective
- semi·pro·ductive·ly adverb
- unpro·ductive adjective
- unpro·ductive·ly adverb
- unpro·ductive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of productive1
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Example Sentences
“Small groups of like-minded Turkers [can] come together and start taking productive action,” Bernstein said.
Remember—American workers work longer hours and are more productive today than they were in 1975.
Human rights groups, however, said the measures were “draconian” and counter-productive.
But today, many landfills are actually quite productive places.
Next, Borlaug helped develop more productive and drought-resistant strains of rice that became adapted widely in Asia.
Great as is the destruction of war, not even five years of it have broken the productive machine.
It may very well be that an eight-hour day will prove, presently if not immediately, to be more productive than one of ten.
A ten-hour day, speaking in general terms and leaving out individual exceptions, is probably more productive than a day of twelve.
An attempt to impose an imitation on a practised judge is always productive of an unpleasant result.
An abundance of limestone makes the soil exceptionally fertile and productive.
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