adj.
- producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, etc.
▸relating to or engaged in the production of goods, crops, etc.
- achieving or producing a significant amount or result.
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(productive of)
producing.
- Linguistics (of a prefix, suffix, etc.) currently used in forming new words or expressions.
- Medicine (of a cough) raising mucus from the respiratory tract.
Derivative
- productively adv.
- productiveness n.
Etymology
C17: from Fr. productif, -ive or late L. productivus, from product-, producere (see produce).