productivity
/ˌpɹoʊdʌkˈtɪvəti/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers; those workers' degree of efficiency.
Uncountable
noun
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.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics."
- "Productivity growth has disappointed across the western world since the 2008 financial crisis. But the UK has notched a significantly worse performance than many of its peers on this metric of output for each hour of work – which is a vital driver of economic growth, wages and living standards."
Etymology
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- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English productivity From productive + -ity.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌpɹoʊdʌkˈtɪvəti/
- British English: /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/
Usage
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Phrases
productivity game