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# productivity

noun (productivity, uncountable)

«productivity» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. How much work, goods or results someone or something produces in a certain time: «Productivity rose when the new machines came.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/productivity/#m1)
2. The quality of being productive, getting a lot done. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/productivity/#m2)
3. (science) How much plant or animal life a place produces, like a field or a lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/productivity/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths and money lessons productivity compares output with time or workers: more done per hour means higher productivity. In everyday life it is about using time well. In geography a farm's productivity is how much food it grows. Phrases: «high productivity», «boost productivity», «productivity per hour».

### Examples

- The factory's productivity doubled with new robots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/productivity/#x1)
- Short breaks can improve your productivity when you study. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/productivity/#x2)
- Good soil increases the productivity of the farm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/productivity/#x3)
- My productivity drops when I'm tired. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/productivity/#x4)
- The ocean near the coast has high productivity because of plankton. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/productivity/#x5)
- Workers asked for more pay because productivity had gone up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/productivity/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable: no plural. Adjective: productive. Maths: productivity = output ÷ input (for example, 60 toys made in 3 hours = 20 toys per hour). Being busy is not the same as being productive.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «productivity» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/productivity/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«productivity» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/productivity.html) on Mova free.