prolific
gb/pɹoʊlˈɪfɪk/ us/pɹoʊlˈɪfɪk/
C1
Ingles
Mga kahulugan
0 kahulugan
adjective
C1
property
1
producing a lot of work
making or doing a lot, especially a lot of good work
Padron ng paggamit:
[a] prolific [writer/artist/researcher/producer/scorer] | prolific in [field/activity]
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Often confused with similar-looking words like profitable or with the verb proliferate (to spread/increase quickly).
Mga kasingkahulugan
productive (More general; can describe people, processes, or time as well as creative work.)
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fruitful (Often suggests useful or successful results.)
Mga kasalungat
unproductive (Not producing many results or not producing useful results.)
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inactive (Suggests doing little or no work rather than producing little.)
Mga kolokasyon
prolific writer
|prolific author
|prolific artist
|prolific researcher
|prolific output
|prolific career
|prolific producer
|prolific scorer
|prolific inventor
|prolific contributor
Mga tema
work
|education
|arts_and_media
|business
Mga Halimbawa
- She was a prolific novelist who published more than thirty books.
- The company’s design team is prolific, releasing new features almost every week.
- He’s a prolific scorer, consistently among the league’s top goal-scorers.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- He is a prolific writer.
- She is prolific in her work.
adjective
C1
property
2
producing many young or seeds
having many babies or producing many seeds
Padron ng paggamit:
[a] prolific [breeder/species/plant/weed]
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Used mainly for species and reproduction; for individual people it can sound impersonal or awkward.
Mga kasingkahulugan
fertile (Often about the ability to reproduce (animals/people) rather than the rate or number of offspring.)
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fast-breeding (Highlights speed of reproduction more than quantity of output.)
Mga kasalungat
sterile (Unable to reproduce.)
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infertile (Not able to produce offspring or produce them easily.)
Mga kolokasyon
prolific breeder
|prolific species
|prolific reproduction
|prolific plant
|prolific weed
|highly prolific
|prolific spawning
|prolific pest
|prolific invasive species
|prolific seed producer
Mga tema
nature
|biology
|animals
|plants
Mga Halimbawa
- Rabbits are prolific breeders, so their numbers can rise quickly.
- This weed is prolific and can take over a garden in a single season.
- The fish are prolific, laying thousands of eggs each year.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- Rabbits are prolific.
- That plant is prolific in the summer.
adjective
formal
C2
property
3
very fertile and productive land
able to grow a lot of plants or crops
Padron ng paggamit:
prolific [soil/land/valley/region]
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
This use is less common than prolific meaning 'producing many works'; learners often prefer fertile or productive for land.
Mga kasingkahulugan
fertile (The most common modern word for land that grows crops well.)
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productive (Often used in farming/economics contexts; may imply efficiency as well as fertility.)
Mga kasalungat
barren (Not able to produce crops or support much growth.)
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infertile (Not fertile; poor for growing crops.)
Mga kolokasyon
prolific soil
|prolific land
|prolific farmland
|prolific valley
|prolific region
|prolific fields
|prolific growing conditions
|prolific harvest
|prolific agricultural area
|prolific river basin
Mga tema
nature
|agriculture
|environment
Mga Halimbawa
- The river floodplain is prolific farmland, producing crops year after year.
- They settled in a prolific valley where the soil stayed rich and moist.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- The soil here is prolific.
Gramatika
Anyo sa diksyunaryo
prolific
IPA
GB/pɹoʊlˈɪfɪk/
US/pɹoʊlˈɪfɪk/
Mga pantig at diin
pro - lif - ic (3 pantig)
Stress on 2nd syllable (lif)
Mga anyo ng salita
Adjective
- Base: prolific
Mga kaugnay na salita
Core family
prolifically
adverb C1
Related words
proliferate
verb C1
proliferation
noun C1
Negative and opposite forms
unprolific
adjective
Advanced or less common
proliferative
adjective
Mga ekspresyon
a prolific source of [something]
1/ə pɹoʊlˈɪfɪk sˈɔɹs əv sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
producing a lot of something
something that produces a lot of something
Mga Halimbawa
- The account became a prolific source of misinformation online.
- Old wiring can be a prolific source of electrical faults.
prolific in [field/activity]
1/pɹoʊlˈɪfɪk ˈɪn fˈildˈæktˈɪvɪti/
fixed phrase
producing a lot in a field
making a lot of work in a particular area
Mga Halimbawa
- She is prolific in children's literature and has published dozens of titles.
- The group was prolific in the 1990s, releasing an album almost every year.
prolific writer
1/pɹoʊlˈɪfɪk ɹˈaɪtɚ/
fixed phrase
writer who produces many works
a writer who writes a lot
Mga Halimbawa
- She was a prolific writer, publishing three novels in five years.
- He’s a prolific writer of science fiction short stories.