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      productive
      adjective
      Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.
      Yielding good or useful results; constructive.
      Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services.
      (medicine) Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract.
      (medicine) Of inflammation, producing new tissue.
      (linguistics, of an affix or word construction rule) Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words.
      (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic; a set S is productive if there exists a total recursive function f such that ∀x∈ℕ,~~W_x⊆S⇒f(x)∈A⧵W_x, where W_x is a recursive function whose Gödel number is x.
      Roots
      propro- · Latin · forth, forwardduco-duct · Latin · lead
      Synonyms for productive
      fertileadjgenerativeadjfruitfuladjprolificadjfecundadjfructiferousadjprofitableadjgainfuladjrichadjefficientadjlucrativeadjconstructiveadjrewardingadj
      Words related to productive
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      The word productive breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: pro-, from Latin pro (“forth, forward”); and -duct, from Latin duco (“lead”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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