pro
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Comparative
more productive
Superlative
most productive
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producing desired results through effective and efficient use of time, resources, and effort
- The productive meeting resulted in several innovative solutions to the problem.
- Her productive work ethic allowed her to complete tasks efficiently and effectively.
- The team's collaboration led to a productive brainstorming session, generating numerous ideas.
- Regular exercise and a balanced diet contribute to a productive lifestyle.
- Their productive collaboration resulted in a successful project.
2
causing or resulting in a specific outcome
- Hard work is often productive of success and personal growth.
- Poor communication can be productive of misunderstandings.
- Regular exercise is productive of better physical and mental health.
- Thoughtful discussions are productive of new ideas and insights.
- Economic policies should be productive of long-term stability.
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having the ability to generate a large amount of output or results
- The region's productive soil yielded abundant crops each year.
- She had a productive garden that produced vegetables throughout the season.
- The forest is incredibly productive, providing resources like timber and fruit.
- The productive farmland helped sustain the local economy.
4
(of a cough) bringing up mucus or phlegm from the lungs
- His productive cough made it hard to breathe.
- She had a productive cough with a lot of mucus.
- The doctor said his productive cough was caused by a cold.
- A productive cough can help clear the lungs.
- The patient's productive cough lasted for several days.
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used to create new words or expressions actively
- The suffix -ness is highly productive in English, forming words like kindness and happiness.
- The prefix un- remains productive, allowing new formations like unfriend and unmute.
- Some languages have productive compounding systems that generate new words frequently.
- While -th was once productive, modern English rarely uses it to form new nouns.
- Social media slang often demonstrates how productive certain word-formation processes can be.
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