- 1making goods or growing crops, especially in large quantities highly productive farming land productive workers The aim was to maximize the machine’s productive capacity. opposite unproductive Oxford Collocations Dictionary verbsbe, prove, seem, … adverbextremely, fairly, very, … See full entry See related entries: Growing crops
- 2doing or achieving a lot synonym fruitful a productive meeting My time spent in the library was very productive. compare counterproductive Oxford Collocations Dictionary verbsbe, prove, seem, … adverbextremely, fairly, very, … See full entry
- 3productive of something (formal) resulting in something or causing something a play productive of the strongest emotions Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French productif, -ive or late Latin productivus, from product- ‘brought forth’, from the verb producere, from pro- ‘forward’ + ducere ‘to lead’.Word Familyproduce verbproducer nounproduction nounproductive adjective (≠unproductive)productively adverbproduct nounproduce nounExtra examples I just wish he would do something productive with his life. Internet sources have proved extremely productive. It makes them feel productive even if it is not a paying job. It was a highly productive meeting. The bush must be pruned to remain productive. economically productive workers highly productive farming land/manufacturing methods productive farmers/workers
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adjectiveBrE BrE//prəˈdʌktɪv//; NAmE NAmE//prəˈdʌktɪv//
Growing cropsCheck pronunciation: productive
