productivity
noun
pro·duc·tiv·i·ty
ˌprō-dək-ˈti-və-tē 
ˌprä-,
prə-ˌdək-
1
: the quality or state of being productive
2
: the rate per unit area or per unit volume at which biomass consumable as food by other organisms is made by producers
Examples of productivity in a Sentence
The country has low agricultural productivity.
The company is looking for ways to improve worker productivity.
There has been an increase in productivity.
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Hyper-automation drastically reduces human error, boosts productivity, and frees up employees to focus on strategic initiatives that drive growth.
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Andrea Waisgluss, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
This impacts students’ performance and productivity at school, because overscheduled and highly stressed students are also often exhausted and distracted.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 1 Aug. 2025
Other tech CEOs, including Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, have stressed that productivity among workers is king, even if that means working hours or days of overtime.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2025
Twelve months after rolling out a state-of-the-art AI coding assistant—a tool that promised to boost developer productivity significantly—only 41% of engineers had even tried it.
—Harvard Business Review, 1 Aug. 2025
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Andrea Waisgluss, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
This impacts students’ performance and productivity at school, because overscheduled and highly stressed students are also often exhausted and distracted.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 1 Aug. 2025
Other tech CEOs, including Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, have stressed that productivity among workers is king, even if that means working hours or days of overtime.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2025
Twelve months after rolling out a state-of-the-art AI coding assistant—a tool that promised to boost developer productivity significantly—only 41% of engineers had even tried it.
—Harvard Business Review, 1 Aug. 2025
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“Productivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/productivity. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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productivity
noun
pro·duc·tiv·i·ty
(ˌ)prō-ˌdək-ˈtiv-ət-ē
ˌpräd-(ˌ)ək-,
prə-ˌdək-
1
: the quality or state of being productive
2
: the rate of production at which food for other living things is made by living things that are producers
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