Dictionary

productivity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /-vɪtɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (California) audio
• /-vɪti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˌpɹɑdʌkˈtɪvəɾi] (Canada, US)
• /-vɪte/ (Scotland)
• [ˌpɹoʊdʌkˈtɪvəɾi] (Canada, US)
• [ˌpɹɔdɐkˈtɪvəɾi] (Australia)
• /ˌpɹɑdʌkˈtɪvəti/ (Canada, US)
• /ˌpɹɔdʌkˈtɪvətɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /-vɪti/ (Northern-England)
• /ˌpɹɒdʊkˈtɪvəti/ (Northern-England)
• /ˌpɹoʊdʌkˈtɪvəti/ (Canada, US)
• /ˌpɹɔdɐkˈtɪvəti/ (Australia)
• /ˌpɹɔdʌkˈtɪvəte/ (Scotland)

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.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The state of being productive, fertile, or efficient.
2. (uncountable, usually) The rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers; those workers' degree of efficiency.
   • 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. 2025 October 31, Richard Partington, “‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.
3. (uncountable, usually) The rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land.
4. (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.

Forms

Deriveds

counterproductivity · productivity game · semiproductivity · paleoproductivity · nonproductivity · underproductivity · palaeoproductivity · bioproductivity

Synonyms

productiveness

Translations (42)

fi tehokkuus (state of being productive) · ga bisiúlacht (state of being productive) · pt produtividade (state of being productive) · nl vruchtbaar (state of being productive) · ro productivitate (state of being productive) · cs produktivita (state of being productive) · tl pagkamalalangin (rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land) · pl produktywność (rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers) · ar إنْتَاجِيَّة (state of being productive) · de Produktivität (state of being productive) · ja 生産性 (state of being productive) · fi tuottavuus (rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers) · de Leistungsfähigkeit (state of being productive) · cmn 生產力 /生产力 (state of being productive) · fr productivité (state of being productive) · fi joutuisuus (rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers) · it produttività (state of being productive) · ga táirgiúlacht (state of being productive) · hy արտադրողականություն (rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers) · hy բերքատվություն (rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land) · pl produktywność (state of being productive) · fi tuotteliaisuus (state of being productive) · nb produktivitet (state of being productive) · fi tuottavuus (state of being productive) · tl pagkamalalangin (state of being productive) · es productividad (state of being productive) · eo produktiveco (state of being productive) · tl pagkamalalangin (rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers) · ro productivitate (rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers) · id keproduktifan (state of being productive) · ru производи́тельность (rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers) · cmn 效率 (state of being productive) · th ผลิตภาพ (state of being productive) · el παραγωγικότητα (state of being productive) · hy արդյունավետություն (state of being productive) · fi satoisuus (rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land) · fi hedelmällisyys (state of being productive) · nn produktivitet (state of being productive) · ru производи́тельность (state of being productive) · ru продукти́вность (state of being productive) · km ផលិតភាព (state of being productive) · ca productivitat (state of being productive)

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