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productivity Likelihood or predictability of a process, especially regarding whether the process is likely to apply to new forms.
Example:The ending -able is productive, especially when added to verbs. So if a new verb is introduced to English, e.g. to sholp, then it is acceptable to say that something that can easily be sholped is sholpable.
Topics: Building words, General linguistic terms