productive

 
Pronunciation: /prəˈdʌktɪv/

adjective

  • 1producing 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 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 hotel was not productive of amusing company
  • Linguistics (of a prefix, suffix, or other linguistic unit) currently used in forming new words or expressions: many suffixes are common and productive
  • 2 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)