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productive

Syllabification: (pro·duc·tive)
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Definition of productive

adjective

  • producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities:the most productive employees
  • relating to or engaged in the production of goods, crops, or other commodities:the country’s productive capacity
  • achieving or producing a significant amount or result:a long and productive career the therapy sessions became more productive
  • [predic.] (productive of) producing or giving rise to:the unconscious is limitlessly productive of dreams, myths, stories
  • Linguistics (of a morpheme or other linguistic unit) currently used in forming new words or expressions:many suffixes are common and productive
  • Medicine (of a cough) that raises mucus from the respiratory tract.

Derivatives

productively

adverb

productiveness

noun

Origin:

early 17th century: from French productif, -ive or late Latin productivus, from product- 'brought forth', from the verb producere (see produce)

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