How do you use the word "productive" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "productive" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "productive": Tobacco smoke is productive of cancer. The author is seventy, but he's no less productive than he was twenty years ago.

Productive Meaning

/pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjCapable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.

adjYielding good or useful results; constructive.

Sentence Examples

Tobacco smoke is productive of cancer.

The author is seventy, but he's no less productive than he was twenty years ago.

Americans spend most of their lives working, being productive.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

rich fat fertile

Antonyms:

unproductive

CEFR Practice Quiz

The new software made the team more ____, allowing them to finish twice as much work.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The team had an extremely ____ meeting that resulted in a clear action plan for the next quarter.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Late Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Late Latin dūcō Late Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Late Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive Borrowed from Late Latin productivus, equivalent to product + -ive.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Moreover, this relationship is a productive one, in the sense that when new Adjectives are created (e.g. ginormous concocted out of gigantic and enormous), then the corresponding Adverb form (in this case ginormously) can also be used. And in those exceptional cases where Adverbs do not end in -ly, they generally have the same form as the corresponding Adjective, as with hard, fast, etc." — 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 138:

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