productive : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: productive	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for productive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
productive adj producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration" Antonym(s): unproductive having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces" Synonym(s): generative, productive Antonym(s): consumptive yielding positive results marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" Synonym(s): fat, fertile, productive, rich
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Productive \Produc"tive\, a. [F. productif, L. productivus fit for prolongation.] 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. 2. Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing; originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit productive of heroic achievements. And kindle with thy own productive fire. --Dryden. This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue, and making it productive of merit. --Spectator. 3. Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile; profitable. -- {Produc"tively}, adv. -- {Produc"tiveness}, n.