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1. WordNet® 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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Productive \Pro*duc"tive\, a. [F. productif, L. productivus fit
   for prolongation.]
   [1913 Webster]
   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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing;
      originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit
      productive of heroic achievements.
      [1913 Webster]

            And kindle with thy own productive fire. --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]

            This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue,
            and making it productive of merit.    --Spectator.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile;
      profitable.
      [1913 Webster] -- Pro*duc"tive*ly, adv. --
      Pro*duc"tive*ness, n.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for productive:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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