productivity

== English == === Etymology === From productive + -ity. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/, /-vɪti/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɔdʌkˈtɪvətɪj/, /-vɪtɪj/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌpɹoʊdʌkˈtɪvəti/, [ˌpɹoʊdʌkˈtɪvəɾi], /ˌpɹɑdʌkˈtɪvəti/, [ˌpɹɑdʌkˈtɪvəɾi] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɔdɐkˈtɪvəti/, [ˌpɹɔdɐkˈtɪvəɾi] (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɒdʊkˈtɪvəti/, /-vɪti/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɔdʌkˈtɪvəte/, /-vɪte/ Hyphenation: pro‧duc‧ti‧vi‧ty === Noun === productivity (usually uncountable, plural productivities) The state of being productive, fertile, or efficient. Synonym: productiveness (less common) The rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers; those workers' degree of efficiency. The rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land. (linguistics) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====