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pro·duc·tive    Audio Help   [pruh-duhk-tiv] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
2.producing readily or abundantly; fertile: a productive vineyard.
3.causing; bringing about (usually fol. by of): conditions productive of crime and sin.
4.Economics. producing or tending to produce goods and services having exchange value.
5.Grammar. (of derivational affixes or patterns) readily used in forming new words, as the suffix -ness.
6.(in language learning) of or pertaining to the language skills of speaking and writing (opposed to receptive).
[Origin: 1605–15; < ML productīvus. See product, -ive]

—Related forms
pro·duc·tive·ly, adverb
pro·duc·tive·ness, noun
pro·duc·tiv·i·ty    Audio Help   [proh-duhk-tiv-i-tee] Pronunciation Key, noun

—Synonyms 2. fecund. Productive, fertile, fruitful, prolific apply to the generative aspect of something. Productive refers to a generative source of continuing activity: productive soil; a productive influence. Fertile applies to that in which seeds, literal or figurative, take root: fertile soil; a fertile imagination. Fruitful refers to that which has already produced and is capable of further production: fruitful soil, discovery, theory. Prolific means highly productive: a prolific farm, writer.
—Antonyms 2. sterile.
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pro·duc·tive    Audio Help   (prə-dŭk'tĭv, prō-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Producing or capable of producing.
  2. Producing abundantly; fertile. See Synonyms at fertile.
  3. Yielding favorable or useful results; constructive.
  4. Economics Of or involved in the creation of goods and services to produce wealth or value.
  5. Effective in achieving specified results; originative: policies productive of much harm.
  6. Medicine
    1. Producing mucus or sputum: a productive cough.
    2. Forming new tissue: a productive inflammation.
    3. Of or relating to the linguistic skills of speaking and writing.
    4. Of or relating to a linguistic element or rule that can be used to form further examples of a particular feature or pattern. The English past tense suffix -ed is productive since it continues to be added to new verbs to form the past tense.
  7. Linguistics
    1. Of or relating to the linguistic skills of speaking and writing.
    2. Of or relating to a linguistic element or rule that can be used to form further examples of a particular feature or pattern. The English past tense suffix -ed is productive since it continues to be added to new verbs to form the past tense.

pro·duc'tive·ly adv., pro·duc'tive·ness n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
productive 
1612, from Fr. productif (16c.), from M.L. productivus "fit for production," from L. productus, pp. of producere (see produce). Productivity is from 1809 with meaning "quality of being productive;" economic sense of "rate of output per unit" is from 1899.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
productive

adjective
1. producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration" [ant: unproductive] 
2. having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces" [syn: generative] [ant: consumptive] 
3. yielding positive results 
4. marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" [syn: fat] 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
proˈductive [-ˈdaktiv] adjective
(negative unproductive) producing a lot; fruitful
Example: productive land; Our discussion was not very productive.
Arabic: مُنْتِج
Chinese (Simplified): 多产的
Chinese (Traditional): 多產的
Czech: úrodný, plodný
Danish: frugtbar
Dutch: produktief
Estonian: viljakas
Finnish: tuottoisa
French: fertile, fructueux
German: ergiebig
Greek: παραγωγικός
Hungarian: termékeny
Icelandic: afrakstursmikill; frjósamur
Indonesian: banyak menghasilkan
Italian: produttivo
Japanese: 生産的な
Korean: 다산(多産)의, 비옥한, 생산적인
Latvian: produktīvs; ražīgs; auglīgs
Lithuanian: produktyvus, vaisingas, našus
Norwegian: produktiv, fruktbar
Polish: wydajny, produktywny
Portuguese (Brazil): produtivo
Portuguese (Portugal): produtivo
Romanian: fertil, fructuos
Russian: плодородный; плодотворный
Slovak: úrodný, plodný
Slovenian: ploden
Spanish: productivo; fértil
Swedish: fruktbar, bördig, produktiv
Turkish: verimli, üretken
See also: produce, product, productivity, producer, production, "productive" in any language

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Productive

Pro*duc"tive\, a. [F. productif, L. productivus fit for prolongation.]

1. Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the number or amount of products.

2. Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing; originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit productive of heroic achievements.

And kindle with thy own productive fire. --Dryden.

This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue, and making it productive of merit. --Spectator.

3. Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile; profitable. -- Pro*duc"tive*ly, adv. -- Pro*duc"tive*ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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