productive

Definitions


[prəˈdʌktɪv], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities
(e.g: the most productive employees)

- (of a cough) that raises mucus from the respiratory tract


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Origin:
early 17th century: from French productif, -ive or late Latin productivus, from product- ‘brought forth’, from the verb producere (see produce)




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