productivity
The state of being productive, fertile, or efficientThe state of being productive, fertile, or efficient.
» We need more productivity.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable, usually)The state of being productive, fertile, or efficient.
Produktivität, Leistungsfähigkeit
производи́тельностьproizvodítelʹnostʹ, продукти́вностьproduktívnostʹ
(uncountable, usually)The rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers; those workers' degree of efficiency.
You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.
производи́тельностьproizvodítelʹnostʹ
(uncountable, usually)The rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land.
(uncountable, usually)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.
- (economics) the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time
- the quality of being productive or having the power to produce
Examples
66 sentencesWe need more productivity.
Charles Moore created Forth in an attempt to increase programmer productivity without sacrificing machine efficiency.
ruЧарльз Мур создал Форт в попытке увеличить продуктивность работы программиста без потерь в производительности компьютера. — User55521
deCharles Moore entwickelte Forth in einem Versuch, die Produktivität des Programmierers zu steigern, ohne Rechenleistung zu opfern. — samueldora
Algeria needs a higher-productivity industry.
Algeria needs to boost economic productivity.
Algeria's agricultural productivity has significantly decreased.
Translations
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Forms
plural: productivities| Singular | productivity |
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uncountable
Synonyms
1 synonyms- the quality of being productive or having the power to produce:productiveness
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable