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pr-uh-DUKT-iv/prəˈdʌktɪv/

Productive means achieving a lot, or producing a large amount of goods, crops, or ideas: a productive meeting; productive land. Produce / product / production / productivity are related (several already in the dictionary). A productive meeting still needs minutes. Mix-up: reproductive; conductive. Do not call a long meeting productive without an outcome.

Meaning

Achieving a lot; producing a large amount of goods, crops, or ideas.

Examples

• “A productive meeting still needs minutes, the chair said.”
• “More productive land featured in the yield table, which is the output sense.”

Good to know

a productive + noun; productive of. Related: production / productivity. Trap: long = productive. Business, geography, and evaluations. High output, not mere busyness.

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