What does prolific mean?
Definitions for prolific
prəˈlɪf ɪkpro·lif·ic
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Princeton's WordNet
fecund, fertile, prolificadjective
intellectually productive
"a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination"
prolific, fertileadjective
bearing in abundance especially offspring
"flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree"
Wiktionary
prolificadjective
Fertile, producing offspring or fruit in abundance applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
prolificadjective
Similarly producing results or works in abundance
Etymology: 1640-1650: from prolifique, from proles and facere.
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prolific
Prolific can be generally defined as someone or something that is highly productive, creative, or influential and produces a large amount or variety of work, accomplishments, or output.
Webster Dictionary
Prolificadjective
having the quality of generating; producing young or fruit; generative; fruitful; productive; -- applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.; -- usually with the implied idea of frequent or numerous production; as, a prolific tree, female, and the like
Prolificadjective
serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil
Prolificadjective
proliferous
Etymology: [F. prolifique, fr. L. proles offspring (from pro for, forward + the root of alere to nourish) + facere to make. See Adult, Old, and Fact.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Prolific
-al, prō-lif′ik, -al, adj. bringing forth offspring: producing young or fruit: productive: bringing about results: (bot.) applied to a flower from which another is produced.—ns. Prolif′icacy, Prolif′icness.—adv. Prolif′ically.—n. Prolificā′tion, the generation of young animals or plants: (bot.) development of a shoot from an organ normally ultimate. [Fr. prolifique—L. proles (for pro-oles), offspring, facĕre, to make.]
Editors Contribution
prolificverb
A professional advantage of motion in creative producing and making with intensive care. 1.) Producing much fruit or foliage or many offspring. 2.) Present in large numbers or quantities; plentiful: characterized by plentiful wildlife or produce.
A successful prolific idea is projected by chosen ones who sacrificed with the light of Christ.
Etymology: Perfection
Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on March 31, 2024
Prolific
Something that is in abundance. In the context of a living being, prolific means productive or creative.
Tigers were prolific in this region a few decades ago. He is a prolific writer.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of prolific in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of prolific in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of prolific in a Sentence
The problem is that feral hogs are so prolific that we have to trap 70 percent of the pig population every year just to maintain the population level we have right now.
I believe southwest Saskatchewan (and) southeast Alberta to be prolific future helium producers.
I do think that there's reason to believe if you're a prolific artist and going into your late 60s you'd at least start to think about mortality, and when you get older, this applies to me (as well), you think about the things you want to do and how it will be perceived by your children one day. The opposite of the frontal trajectory, there's almost a biographical aspect to it, you know? So maybe you change your thinking.
Since taking command as a commander about 10 months ago, I saw what I consider fundamentally incompatible and competing narratives of what America was, is and should be, that wasn't just prolific in social media, or throughout the country during this past year, but it was spreading throughout the United States military. And I had recognized those narratives as being Marxist in nature.
There has still been a complete refusal to recognize that Dean Strampel’s response to, and attitude towards, sexual assault victims, myself included, was abhorrent, his words and actions created a culture where victims were disbelieved, silenced and mocked, and one of the most prolific pedophiles in U.S. history was able to victimize little girls with impunity.
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- غزير الإنتاجArabic
- prolíficCatalan, Valencian
- frugtbar, produktivDanish
- produktiv, fruchtbarGerman
- prolíficoSpanish
- tuottoisa, satoisa, tuottelias, hedelmällinenFinnish
- prolifique, fécondFrench
- bisiúil, torthúilIrish
- produktifIndonesian
- 多分Japanese
- vruchtbaar, productiefDutch
- suksessrikNorwegian
- prolíficoPortuguese
- урожа́йный, продукти́вный, плодови́тый, оби́льный, плодоно́сныйRussian
- plodonosanSerbo-Croatian
- lyckadSwedish
- bereketli, velüt, verimli, üretken, münbit, doğurgan, yediveren, mahsûldarTurkish
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