productive
adjective/prəˈdʌktɪv/
/prəˈdʌktɪv/
Word Family
- produce verb
- producer noun
- product noun
- production noun
- productive adjective (≠ unproductive)
- productively adverb
- produce noun
- making goods or growing crops, especially in large quantities
- highly productive farming land
- productive workers
- The aim was to maximize the machine’s productive capacity.
- The bush must be pruned to remain productive.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
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- doing or achieving a lot synonym fruitful
- a productive meeting
- My time spent in the library was very productive.
Extra ExamplesTopics Successc1- 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- productive 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’.
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