26984 words

productive

7 definitions • 14 examples
1
resulting in or providing a large amount or supply of something:

Examples:

In order to turn the deserts into fertile and productive land, engineers built an 800-mile canal.
He had an amazingly productive five years in which he managed to write four novels.
2
having positive results:

Examples:

We had a very productive meeting - I felt we solved lots of problems.
Theirs was a very productive partnership.
3
relating to the ability to produce language, rather than just understand it:

Examples:

The English-speaking children's productive vocabularies ranged from 2 to 31 words.
4
causing or providing a good result or a large amount of something:

Examples:

We had a very productive meeting – a lot of problems were solved.
What was once desert has become productive farmland.
5
producing a large number of goods, crops, profit, etc. or doing a lot of work:

Examples:

productive farmland/sector/economy The only remaining option is to switch underemployed workers from agriculture to more productive sectors.
productive worker/employee/citizen The idea was to reward France's highly productive workers with shorter working hours.
6

Examples:

The negotiations were reported to have been "very productive."
a productive day's work
a productive meeting/conversation/discussion You can't have a productive discussion if people aren't listening to each other.
7

Examples:

There is a great demand for water for productive purposes.
The diagram shows the productive structure of the firm.

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