Definitions for prolific
prəˈlɪf ɪkpro·lif·ic

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fecund, fertile, prolificadjective

   intellectually productive

   "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination"

2. prolific, fertileadjective

   bearing in abundance especially offspring

   "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. prolificadjective

   Fertile, producing offspring or fruit in abundance applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.

2. prolificadjective

   Similarly producing results or works in abundance

3. Etymology: 1640-1650: from prolifique, from proles and facere.

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. 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

2. Prolificadjective

   serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil

3. Prolificadjective

   proliferous

4. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. 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.]

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1. 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  

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   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.

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on March 4, 2019  

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How to pronounce prolific?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of prolific in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of prolific in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of prolific in a Sentence

1. Polk County:

   I’m mad at everyone who turns murderers out early, turns criminals out early, i am over hearing people say, ‘Oh, we keep people housed too long.’ If you don’t keep prolific criminals and murderers locked up, they’re going to go back in the neighborhood and murder and victimize innocent people, whether it's in New Jersey, Florida, or any other state.

2. Police Carl Frost:

   I look forward to the day that, hopefully, he'll sit down and just go right down the line and confess to every one of them that he did, he's probably the most prolific African American serial killer in U.S. history, I would say.

3. Stephen Whiting:

   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.

4. Chase Von:

   “Prolific world acclaimed author and contemporary poet…Arguably one of the best and most recognized poets in the contemporary field beyond any doubt! …[reminiscent of] the great Kahlil Gibran.”

5. Duncan Jones:

   My dad was obviously prolific in music, but he also acted and I think I had the most fun when we were on film sets... I think I got the( directing) bug back then, because the musical gene did not express itself in the way one might have hoped, my main hobby with my dad was shooting little one-stop animations and I just always carried that interest in film.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=prolific
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Prolific
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prolific
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=prolific