prolific

Intermediatezipf 3.60

Pronunciation

/prəˈlɪfɪk/(pruh-LIF-ik)

Part of speech

adjectiveneutral

Chinese

多产的;丰富的(产出大量作品或成果)

Definition

Producing a great quantity of something; highly productive.

Word family

  • prolifically/prəˈlɪfɪkəli/(adv)多产地
  • proliferate/prəˈlɪfəreɪt/(v)激增

Collocations

  • prolific writer
  • prolific scorer
  • prolific output
  • prolific career

Examples

  1. 1.She is one of the most prolific novelists of her generation. (writes many books)
  2. 2.The striker has been prolific this season, scoring 25 goals. (sports: scoring many)

Synonyms

  • productive/prəˈdʌktɪv/producing results efficiently
  • fertile/ˈfɜːtaɪl/capable of producing abundantly
  • abundant/əˈbʌndənt/existing in large quantities

Etymology

from Latin "prolificus" — proles (offspring) + facere (to make) — making many offspring