1600-1700Frenchprolifique, from Latinproles; ➔ PROLETARIAN
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Ansle is a prolific writer of more than 200 romances.
As an artist, Benton was prolific - more than 1,900 drawings were found in his studio after his death.
Since then, Hull has become hockey's most prolific scorer.
Strawberries are prolific in the area.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Bracy Clark was a prolific writer.
Papworth was both a prolific and multifarious designer.
The discovery well produced a prolific flow of 19.4 million cubic feet of gas from depths of almost 300 feet.
The family was one of the most prolific in the parish, but in the end the male line withered.
The have a great offensive line and a prolific runner in Terrell Davis.
These mixtures are earlier growing and more prolific than meadow-grass, and can be more difficult to make into top-quality hay.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorproducing a lot►productive
doing a job efficiently with good results, especially by producing a large quantity of something: · We should do something to reward our most productive employees.· The local paper factory has been forced to become more productive or face closure.
►prolific
a writer or artist who is prolific produces a large number of works: · Ansle is a prolific writer of more than 200 romances.· As an artist, Benton was prolific - more than 1,900 drawings were found in his studio after his death.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►a prolific author
(=one who writes many books)· She is also a prolific author with more than 70 books published.
►a prolific writer
(=someone who writes a lot of books etc)· He was a prolific writer of everything from poems to essays.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB►more
· These mixtures are earlier growing and more prolific than meadow-grass, and can be more difficult to make into top-quality hay.· Oxford, Cambridge, and Durham researchers tend to be more prolific than the others.
►most
· The family was one of the most prolific in the parish, but in the end the male line withered.· One of the most prolific and popular of these authors was Laura Jean Libbey.· When it came to designing jewellery, Edward Burne-Jones was probably the most prolific of the Pre-Raphaelite group.· It is a bold and dazzling performance by one of the best and most prolific writers in Britain today.· They are the most prolific source of cortical synapses in most areas of the cortex.· Some of Britain's most prolific bidders may have lost some of their confidence after recent setbacks.· The Chaloners were one of the most prolific families in Myddle.
NOUN►writer
· Bracy Clark was a prolific writer.· The music is by Ben Lanzarone, a prolific writer of television scores.· He was also a prolific writer on management.· He was a great and prolific writer of everything from poems and personal memoirs to dazzling essays on painting and photography.· Rolle was a prolific writer in Latin about his mystical theology.· She was extremely bright, articulate, a prolific writer.
1a prolific artist, writer etc produces many works of art, books etc: Handel’s prolific output of opera2a prolific sports player produces a lot of runs,goals etc: the most prolific goalscorer this decade3an animal or plant that is prolific produces many babies or many other plants4existing in large numbers: the prolific bird life—prolifically /-kli/ adverb