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How to pronounce prolific

IPA transcription: [pɹoʊ'lɪfɪk]

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Adjective

  • intellectually productive

    “a prolific writer”

    “a fecund imagination”

  • 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.