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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly);
- Example: "productive farmland"
- Example: "his productive years"
- Example: "a productive collaboration"

2. having the ability to produce or originate;
- Example: "generative power"
- Example: "generative forces"
[syn: generative, productive]

3. yielding positive results;

4. marked by great fruitfulness;
- Example: "fertile farmland"
- Example: "a fat land"
- Example: "a productive vineyard"
- Example: "rich soil"
[syn: fat, fertile, productive, rich]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Productive \Pro*duc"tive\, a. [F. productif, L. productivus fit
   for prolongation.]
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   1. Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or
      furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive
      enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the
      number or amount of products.
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   2. Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing;
      originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit
      productive of heroic achievements.
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            And kindle with thy own productive fire. --Dryden.
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            This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue,
            and making it productive of merit.    --Spectator.
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   3. Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile;
      profitable.
      [1913 Webster] -- Pro*duc"tive*ly, adv. --
      Pro*duc"tive*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

productive
    adj 1: producing or capable of producing (especially
           abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive
           years"; "a productive collaboration" [ant:
           unproductive]
    2: having the ability to produce or originate; "generative
       power"; "generative forces" [syn: generative, productive]
       [ant: consumptive]
    3: yielding positive results
    4: marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat
       land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" [syn: fat,
       fertile, productive, rich]