productivity

«productivity» in Mova's school dictionary: How much work, goods or results someone or something… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (productivity, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) How much work, goods or results someone or something produces in a certain time: «Productivity rose when the new machines came.» tree →

2) The quality of being productive, getting a lot done. tree →

3) (science) How much plant or animal life a place produces, like a field or a lake. tree →

sense 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 →
• Short breaks can improve your productivity when you study. tree →
• Good soil increases the productivity of the farm. tree →
• My productivity drops when I'm tired. tree →
• The ocean near the coast has high productivity because of plankton. tree →
• Workers asked for more pay because productivity had gone up. tree →

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.

In the corpora

• Productivity is how much is made per worker; investment is spending now to get more later.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «productivity» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.