American English pronunciation
How to pronounce prolific
IPA transcription: [pɹoʊ'lɪfɪk]
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Adjective
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intellectually productive
“a prolific writer”
“a fecund imagination”
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bearing in abundance especially offspring
“flying foxes are extremely prolific”
“a prolific pear tree”
Usage examples
- Klassen was a rather prolific writer, chiefly of poems.
- Throughout his career, Johnson has had a reputation for being prolific and dynamic.
- Nicolas-Edme Restif is also a prolific novelist.
- The prolific developer contributed more than a thousand commits until today.
- Though he had lost political favor, Zeami continued to write prolifically.
- In addition to these and other laborious researches, Kopp was a prolific writer.
- Galen was a philosopher, physician, pharmacist and prolific medical writer.
- A prolific author, Narveson has written hundreds of essays, reviews and articles for publication.
- The prolific developer contributed more than a thousand commits until today.
- Kahnweiler was very prolific as an author, but never produced a full autobiography.