productive

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pro·duct·ive BrE [prəˈdʌktɪv] NAmE [prəˈdʌktɪv] adjective
1. making goods or growing crops, especially in large quantities
•highly productive farming land
•productive workers
•The aim was to maximize the machine's productive capacity.
Opp: ↑unproductive
2. doing or achieving a lot
Syn: ↑fruitful
•a productive meeting
•My time spent in the library was very productive.
compare ↑counterproductive
3. ~ of sth (formal)resulting in sth or causing sth
•a play productive of the strongest emotions
Derived Word: ↑productively

Word Origin:
early 17th cent.: from French productif, -ive or late Latin productivus, from product- ‘brought forth’, from the verb producere, from pro- ‘forward’ + ducere ‘to lead’.

Thesaurus:
productive [productive productively] adj.
•highly productive farming land
fruitful • • prolific • • fertile • • rich •
Opp: unproductive
a productive/fruitful collaboration/discussion/meeting
productive/fertile/rich land/soil
highly productive/fertile

Example Bank:
•I just wish he would do something productive with his life.
•Internet sources have proved extremely productive.
•It makes them feel productive even if it is not a paying job.
•It was a highly productive meeting.
•The bush must be pruned to remain productive.
•economically productive workers
•highly productive farming land/manufacturing methods
•productive farmers/workers

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fat, fertile, rich, generative
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  consumptive, unproductive