PRODUCTIVE


Meaning of PRODUCTIVE in English

pro ‧ duc ‧ tive /prəˈdʌktɪv/ BrE AmE adjective

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ produce , ↑ producer , ↑ product , ↑ production , ↑ reproduction , ↑ productivity ; adjective : ↑ productive ≠ ↑ unproductive , ↑ counterproductive , ↑ reproductive , ↑ reproducible ; verb : ↑ produce , ↑ reproduce ; adverb : ↑ productively ]

1 . producing or achieving a lot OPP unproductive :

Most of us are more productive in the morning.

a highly productive meeting

2 . [only before noun] relating to the production of goods, crops, or wealth:

the economy’s productive capacity

3 . productive of something formal causing or resulting in something:

The meeting was productive of several good ideas.

—productively adverb

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.