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Productive Definition And Meaning
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 \Produc"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. -- {Produc"tively}, adv. -- {Produc"tive*ness}, n.

Productive Definition And Meaning

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

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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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