Productive

Word PRODUCTIVE
Character 10
Hyphenation pro duc tive
Pronunciations /pɹəˈdʌktɪv/

Definitions and meanings of "Productive"

What do we mean by productive?

Producing or capable of producing crops, goods, or services, especially in abundance. adjective

Marked by abundant production or achievement: synonym: fertile. adjective

Yielding favorable or useful results; constructive. adjective

Of or involved in the creation of goods and services to produce wealth or value. adjective

Effective in achieving specified results; originative. Used with of. adjective

Producing mucus or sputum. adjective

Forming new tissue. adjective

Of or relating to the linguistic skills of speaking and writing. adjective

Of or relating to a linguistic element or rule that can be used to form further examples of a particular feature or pattern. The English past tense suffix –ed is productive since it continues to be added to new verbs to form the past tense. adjective

Serving to produce; having the power of producing: as, an age productive of great men.

Fertile; producing abundant crops: as, a productive soil.

In political economics, causing or tending to cause an increase in the quantity or quality of things of value; causing commodities to possess exchangeable value: as, productive labor.

Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results adjective

Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing; originative adjective

Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile; profitable. adjective

Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile adjective

Yielding good or useful results; constructive adjective

Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services adjective

Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.

Yielding good or useful results; constructive.

Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services.

(of an affix or word construction rule) Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words.

Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract.

Of inflammation, producing new tissue.

A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Productive

The word "productive" in example sentences

But I think an educated public realizing that they can effectively "vote" with their dollars for which businesses/authors remain productive is probably a good thing. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I think the word productive is highly deceptive and mis-leading. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She said she believed her counterparts "understand the gravity of this situation", citing what she called productive and detailed conversations. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Martin O'Malley on Tuesday used the first in a series of planed bill-signing ceremonies to tout what he characterized as a productive 90-day legislative session, despite tough budgetary times. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She worked half days in the kitchen (which she defined as productive labor) and half days on her writing, Hebrew (which she never mastered), and knitting. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And what I define as productive inter-faith dialogue is not an attempt to negotiate a position that nobody recognizes as their own, but to understand where each person's coming from, to be open to the possibility that you might emerge from the dialogue knowing more about God than when you started. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Creeping round in the dead of night outing "pathetic little men" like me is what you call productive is it? ❋ Unknown (2007)

Maybe we'll get a little chance to beat you up later, especially if your little talk with the boss ain't what they call productive of results. ❋ Harrington Strong (N/A)

Because the ability of mankind, to develop technologies, what we call productive technologies, agriculture and industry, depends upon the development of infrastructure, as properly defined. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This is what I call productive outing because we did not focus only on boring politics, mundane issues that mainstream media doesn't care and other big stuffs, we also zoom our cameras into laksa soup, Hokkien mee soup, loh bak boiling oil, blended nutmeg juice, tempek and etc. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The decision came after what he described as productive talks this week with the USOC, ❋ Unknown (2009)

You should really be concerned about what you define as a productive you and then experiment on yourself. ❋ Unknown (2009)

How "productive" is a drug few can afford, which is a substitute for a drug already on the shelf? ❋ Unknown (2009)

And it has allowed me to better organize my time in "productive" ways. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The excess must therefore be invested in productive activities in order to maintain it's value. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Obama and Singh had what they called a productive sit-down meeting and then briefed reporters with comments that reiterated what both nations believe will be a strong relationship in the years to come. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And addressing our structural trade deficit means addressing those policies adopted to put corporate profits ahead of the national interest, principally dependency on imported energy and our merchandise trade deficit driven by the outsourcing that allows US corporation to outsource investment in productive capacity, thereby generating free cash to play games with in financial markets. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Blocked writers tend to obsess over these problems, but none have any importance in productive work, where your goal should only be to put one word ahead of another. ❋ Hillary Rettig (2010)

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