Meaning of PRODUCTIVE
| Pronunciation: | | pru'duktiv
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- [adj] marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
- [adj] producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration"
- [adj] having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces"
- [adj] yielding positive results
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| | Synonyms: | | amentaceous, amentiferous, arable, bearing, cultivable, cultivatable, fat, fecund, fertile, fissiparous, fruitful, generative, oil-bearing, profitable, prolific, rich, tillable |
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| | Antonyms: | | consumptive, unproductive | | |
| | See Also: | | creative, originative, successful | |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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