productivity

CEFRB2

/ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The rate at which useful work or goods are produced.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers; those workers' degree of efficiency.

Examples

  • Plant growth and productivity react sharply to a complex combination of temperature and moisture.

  • The president instructed the employees to improve their productivity.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • [ˌpɹɑdʌkˈtɪvəɾi]
  • [ˌpɹoʊdʌkˈtɪvəɾi]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The state of being productive, fertile, or efficient.

  2. The rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land.

  3. The ability to form new words using established patterns and discrete linguistic elements, such as the derivational affixes -ness and -ity; the degree to which such formation happens.

More examples

In context

  • You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From productive + -ity.