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- pronunciation:
- pr
duhk
tihv
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
When a farm is productive, it grows a lot of crops or raises a lot of animals. If a factory is productive, it makes a lot of things, often in a short amount of time. When something is productive, it produces a lot.
Our farm is not as productive during the winter as it is during the other seasons, but we still grow vegetables in our greenhouse.- synonyms:
- fertile
- similar words:
- busy, rich
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| definition 2: |
If soil is productive, it grows things. If some person is productive, they make things or they are busy doing things that show results. If someone stays in bed most of the day, they are not being productive.
The writer had been very successful with her first three books, but she had not been productive for some time. In fact, she hadn't written a book for ten years.- synonyms:
- effective, fertile
- antonyms:
- barren
- similar words:
- creative, pregnant, useful
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| related words: |
effective, practical |
| derivations: |
productively (adv.), productiveness (n.), productivity (n.) |
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