productive

US: /pɝˈdəktɪv/, /pɹəˈdəktɪv/, /pɹoʊˈdəktɪv/
UK: /pɹədˈʌktɪv/


English Vietnamese dictionary


productive /productive/
  • tính từ
    • sản xuất
      • productive labour: lao động sản xuất
      • productive forces: lực lượng sản xuất
    • sinh sản, sinh sôi
    • sản xuất nhiều; sinh sản nhiều; màu mỡ, phong phú
      • productive fields: đồng ruộng màu mỡ
      • productive writer: nhà văn sáng tác nhiều

Advanced English dictionary


+ adjective
1 making goods or growing crops, especially in large quantities: highly productive farming land / manufacturing methods + productive farmers / workers + The aim was to maximize the machine's productive capacity.
Antonym: UNPRODUCTIVE
2 doing or achieving a lot: a productive meeting + My time spent in the library was very productive.
Compare: COUNTERPRODUCTIVE
3 ~ of sth (formal) resulting in sth or causing sth: a play productive of the strongest emotions
Antonym: UNPRODUCTIVE
productively adverb: to use land more productively + It's important to spend your time productively.

Thesaurus dictionary


adj.
1 fruitful, fertile, rich, fecund, plentiful, plenteous, abundant, bountiful, bounteous, prolific, dynamic:
Owing to a perfect balance of rain and sunshine, the earth has proved productive this year
2 imaginative, creative, inventive, resourceful, generative, ingenious, fertile, vigorous:
Her latest science-fiction trilogy is certainly evidence of a highly productive mind
3 profitable, remunerative, rewarding, valuable, worthwhile:
Years ago he made an investment in computer shares that has turned out to be very productive. Discussing sales strategy is not as productive as getting out there and selling.

Collocation dictionary


VERBS

be, seem | become

ADV.

enormously, extremely, highly, remarkably, very
It was a highly productive meeting.
| fairly, quite | potentially


Concise English dictionary


prə'dʌktɪv
adj.
+producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly)
+having the ability to produce or originate
+yielding positive results
+marked by great fruitfulness