productive


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
productive/prəˈdʌktɪv/
adjective
  • 1 producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, etc.

    ■ relating to or engaged in the production of goods, crops, etc.

  • 2 achieving or producing a significant amount or result.
  • 3 (productive of) producing.
  • 4 Linguistics (of a prefix, suffix, etc.) currently used in forming new words or expressions.
  • 5 Medicine (of a cough) raising mucus from the respiratory tract.
– derivatives
productively adverb,
productiveness noun.
– origin C17: from Fr. productif, -ive or late L. productivus, from product-, producere (see produce).
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