productive

/productive/
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productive

The farmer surveys his productive farmland.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Yielding positive or useful results; effective: Describing something that achieves desired outcomes or contributes constructively.
    • Producing or capable of producing goods, crops, or other outputs, especially abundantly: Relating to the generation of physical or intellectual products.
    • Marked by great fruitfulness; fertile: Characterizing land, efforts, or periods that generate a rich abundance.
Examples of Usage
  • Adjective:
    • The meeting was very productive; we finalized the project plan.
    • This region has productive farmland that yields two harvests a year.
    • She is in a productive phase of her career, publishing several papers.
Advanced Usage
  • "Productive of": Giving rise to; causing.
    • The policy was productive of many unintended consequences.
  • Economically productive: Specifically relating to the generation of economic value or output.
    • Investing in education creates an economically productive workforce.
Variants and Related Words
  • Productively (adverb): In a way that produces good results.
    • The team worked productively to meet the deadline.
  • Productivity (noun): The state or quality of being productive; the rate of output per unit of input.
    • The new software improved office productivity.
  • Unproductive (adjective): Not producing or capable of producing good results; not fruitful.
    • It was an unproductive discussion that resolved nothing.
Synonyms
  • Fertile: Rich in the production of vegetation or ideas.
  • Fruitful: Producing good or helpful results; productive.
  • Generative: Having the power to produce or originate.
  • Effective: Successful in producing a desired or intended result.
Related Phrases
  • Productive capacity: The maximum output that can be produced with existing resources and technology.
    • The factory is operating at full productive capacity.
  • Productive investment: Investment in assets that are expected to generate future income or increase productive output.
    • The government is encouraging productive investment in renewable energy.
Related Idioms
  • A productive member of society: A person who contributes positively and constructively to their community.
    • After his training, he became a productive member of society.
productive

The farmer surveys his productive farmland.

Adjective
  1. marked by great fruitfulness
    • fertile farmland
    • a fat land
    • a productive vineyard
    • rich soil
  2. yielding positive results
  3. having the ability to produce or originate
    • generative power
    • generative forces
  4. producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly)
    • productive farmland
    • his productive years
    • a productive collaboration