productivity English · revision 7413

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/, /-vɪti/ ''(UK)''; /ˌpɹoʊdʌkˈtɪvəti/, /ˌpɹɑdʌkˈtɪvəti/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[productive]] and [[-ity]],^(Etymonline) or from Late Latin productivus.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The quality of being productive: 1809 in Etymonline, 1809–10 in the OED;^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) MWU dates it to 1818.^(MWU 2024) An earlier word was productiveness (1727).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In economics, the rate of output per unit of input is from 1899.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) In ecology, the rate of production of biomass is from 1908.^(OED 1989) ''Productivity agreement'' and ''productivity deal'' are from 1978.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1727 – productiveness.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1809 – the quality of being productive.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1899 – in economics.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1908 – in ecology.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The state or quality of being productive.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(economics)'' The rate of output per unit of input, such as labour or capital.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[semiproductivity]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[productive]]

+ * [[product]]

+ * [[produce]]

+ * [[production]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}