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productive

adj.
C1 Advanced Oxford US //pɝˈdəktɪv// UK //pɹədˈʌktɪv// pro·duc·tive

adj. getting a lot of work done or producing good results. You use this to describe a person, a day, or a meeting that is very useful and successful.

adj. yielding results, benefits, or profits; achieving a high rate of output. In linguistics, it describes a suffix or pattern that is still used to create new words.


SIMPLE

I had a very productive morning and finished all my emails.

CONTEXTUAL

The two companies had a productive meeting and agreed on a new partnership deal.

COMPLEX

While the suffix '-ness' is highly productive in modern English, other endings like '-th' are now largely dormant and no longer generate new vocabulary.

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Origin

Borrowed from Late Latin productivus, equivalent to product + -ive.

Usage

Commonly used with adverbs of degree like 'highly' or 'very'.

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