About The Word Productive
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Productive
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What's The Definition Of Productive?
[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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Productive: amentaceous | amentiferous | arable | bearing | cultivable | cultivatable | fat | fecund | fertile | fissiparous | fruitful | generative | oil-bearing | profitable | prolific | rich | tillable Related Terms | Find terms related to Productive: See Also | creative | originative | successful Productive In Webster's Dictionary \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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