Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Productivity /prōdˌ-ək-tĭv'-ət-ē/ · Pro·duc·tiv·i·ty · IPA /ˌpɹɑ.dʌkˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/ 01 n. The quality or state of being productive; productiveness. 1. The quality or state of being productive; productiveness. “Not indeed as the product, but as the producing power, the productivity.” — Coleridge.