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Productiveness
see synonyms of productivenessNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Productiveness
see synonyms of productivenessadjective
1.
producing or having the power to produce; fertile
2.
yielding favourable or effective results
3. economics
a.
producing or capable of producing goods and services that have monetary or exchange value
productive assets
b.
of or relating to such production
the productive processes of an industry
4. (postpositive; foll by of)
resulting in
productive of good results
5.
denoting an affix or combining form used to produce new words
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Productiveness
see synonyms of productiveness adjective
1.
producing abundantly; fertile
productive soil, a productive mind
2.
marked by abundant production or effective results
a productive day
3.
bringing as a result (with of)
war is productive of much misery
4. Economics
of or engaged in the creating of economic value, or the producing of goods and services
5. Linguistics
designating any affix or method which can be and still is used to make new forms
“non-” is a productive prefix
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Productiveness
see synonyms of productivenessadj.
1. Producing or capable of producing crops, goods, or services, especially in abundance: a productive stretch of land; a productive employee.
3. Yielding favorable or useful results; constructive: a productive suggestion.
4. Economics Of or involved in the creation of goods and services to produce wealth or value.
5. Effective in achieving specified results; originative. Used with of: policies productive of much harm.
6. Medicine
a. Producing mucus or sputum: a productive cough.
b. Forming new tissue: a productive inflammation.
7. Linguistics
a. Of or relating to the linguistic skills of speaking and writing.
b. Of or relating to a linguistic element or rule that can be used to form further examples of a particular feature or pattern. The English past tense suffix -ed is productive since it continues to be added to new verbs to form the past tense.
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