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Productive

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Adjective

1. productive

producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly)

Example Sentences:
'productive farmland'
'his productive years'
'a productive collaboration'

2. generative, productive

having the ability to produce or originate

Example Sentences:
'generative power'
'generative forces'

3. productive

yielding positive results

4. fat, fertile, productive, rich

marked by great fruitfulness

Example Sentences:
'fertile farmland'
'a fat land'
'a productive vineyard'
'rich soil'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Productive

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adjective
1. 
producing or having the power to produce; fertile
2. 
yielding favourable or effective results
3. economics
a. 
producing or capable of producing goods and services that have monetary or exchange value
productive assets
b. 
of or relating to such production
the productive processes of an industry
4. (postpositive; foll by of)
resulting in
productive of good results
5. 
denoting an affix or combining form used to produce new words

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Productive

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adjective
1. 
producing abundantly; fertile
productive soil, a productive mind
2. 
marked by abundant production or effective results
a productive day
3. 
bringing as a result (with of)
war is productive of much misery
4.  Economics
of or engaged in the creating of economic value, or the producing of goods and services
5.  Linguistics
designating any affix or method which can be and still is used to make new forms
“non-” is a productive prefix

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Productive

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adj.
1. Producing or capable of producing crops, goods, or services, especially in abundance: a productive stretch of land; a productive employee.
2. Marked by abundant production or achievement: a productive career. See Synonyms at fertile.
3. Yielding favorable or useful results; constructive: a productive suggestion.
4. Economics Of or involved in the creation of goods and services to produce wealth or value.
5. Effective in achieving specified results; originative. Used with of: policies productive of much harm.
6. Medicine
a. Producing mucus or sputum: a productive cough.
b. Forming new tissue: a productive inflammation.
7. Linguistics
a. Of or relating to the linguistic skills of speaking and writing.
b. 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.

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