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pro⋅duc⋅tive
[pruh-duhk-tiv] 
tɪv
–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 ). |
Related forms:
pro⋅duc⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
pro⋅duc⋅tive⋅ness, noun
pro⋅duc⋅tiv⋅i⋅ty [proh-duhk-tiv-i-tee] , noun
[proh-duhk-tiv-i-tee] , 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.
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.
2. sterile.
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| pro·duc·tiv·i·ty (prō'dŭk-tĭv'ĭ-tē, prŏd'ək-) n.
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Productivity
Pro`duc*tiv"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being productive; productiveness. --Emerson. Not indeed as the product, but as the producing power, the productivity. --Coleridge.
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Language Translation for : productivity
Spanish:
productividad,
German:
die Produktivität,
Japanese:
生産性
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Productivity
A measure of the amount of output per unit of input.
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For example, productivity in the auto industry might be measured by the number of hours of labor used per automobile produced.
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productivity
- The efficiency with which output is produced by a given set of inputs. Productivity is generally measured by the ratio of output to input. An increase in the ratio indicates an increase in productivity. Conversely, a decrease in the output/input ratio indicates a decline in productivity.
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Improving Productivity
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