productive — pro‧duc‧tive [prəˈdʌktɪv] adjective 1. producing or achieving something: • The program is designed to help business users be more productive. • We want to turn welfare recipients into productive, working members of society. • The plant has the… … Financial and business terms
Productive — Pro*duc tive, a. [F. productif, L. productivus fit for prolongation.] [1913 Webster] 1. Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive enterprises; productive labor, that which increases… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
productive — [prə duk′tiv, prōduk′tiv] adj. [ML productivus < LL, fit for prolongation < L productus, pp. of producere: see PRODUCE] 1. producing abundantly; fertile [productive soil, a productive mind] 2. marked by abundant production or effective… … English World dictionary
productive — I adjective advantageous, causative, constructive, creational, creative, demiurgic, demiurgical, efficient, fecund, ferax, fertile, formative, fructiferous, fructuous, fruitful, gainful, imaginative, industrial, inventive, life giving, luxuriant … Law dictionary
productive — 1610s, from Fr. productif (16c.), from M.L. productivus fit for production, from L. product , pp. stem of producere (see PRODUCE (Cf. produce)). Related: Productively; productiveness … Etymology dictionary
productive — [adj] fruitful, creative advantageous, beneficial, constructive, dynamic, effective, energetic, fecund, fertile, gainful, generative, gratifying, inventive, plentiful, producing, profitable, prolific, rewarding, rich, teeming, useful, valuable,… … New thesaurus
productive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) producing or able to produce large amounts of goods or crops. 2) achieving or producing a significant amount or result. DERIVATIVES productively adverb productiveness noun … English terms dictionary
productive — pro|duc|tive [ prə dʌktıv ] adjective ** 1. ) making or growing things in large quantities, especially so that they can be sold: During their most productive period, both mills were controlled by the Marling family. ways of making more productive … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
productive */*/ — UK [prəˈdʌktɪv] / US adjective 1) a) making or growing things in large quantities, especially so that they can be sold During their most productive period, both mills were controlled by the Marling family. ways of making more productive use of… … English dictionary
productive — productively, adv. productiveness, n. productivity /proh duk tiv i tee/, n. /preuh duk tiv/, adj. 1. having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort. 2. producing readily or abundantly; fertile: a productive vineyard. 3.… … Universalium
