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Definition of: productive
(prə·duk′tiv) adjective
1. Producing or tending to produce; fertile; creative, as of artistic things.
2. Producing or tending to produce profits or increase in quantity, quality, or value: productive labor.
3. Causing; resulting in: with of. See synonyms under FERTILE, PROFITABLE. [< Med. L productivus < LL, fit for production]
—pro·duc′tive·ly adverb
—pro·duc·tiv·i·ty (prō′· duk·tiv′ə·tē), pro·duc′tive·ness noun
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