how to pronounce productive

/pɹəˈdʌktɪv/

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productive is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of productive in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… these highly productive farms grow all …”

meanings of productive

adjective:

A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.
Yielding good or useful results; constructive.
Of inflammation, producing new tissue.
Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract.
Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.
Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words.
Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services.

productive frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word productive occurs in english on average 18.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics productive can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that productive can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) education, science, and technology;

3) people, society, and culture;