/ prəˈdʌktɪv; NAmE / adjective
1.
making goods or growing crops, especially in large quantities :
highly productive farming land
productive workers
OPP unproductive
2.
doing or achieving a lot
SYN fruitful :
a productive meeting
My time spent in the library was very productive.
—compare counterproductive
3.
productive of sth ( formal ) resulting in sth or causing sth :
a play productive of the strongest emotions
► pro·duct·ive·ly adverb :
to use land more productively
It's important to spend your time productively.
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from French productif , -ive or late Latin productivus , from product- brought forth, from the verb producere , from pro- forward + ducere to lead.