fruition
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/fɹuˈɪʃən/
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/fɹuˈɪʃən/ (UK) · /fɹuˈɪʃən/ (US) · /ˈfɾu(ʋɪ)ʃən/
Definition of fruition
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The fulfillment of something worked for.
“After six years of hard work, the engineers had brought the project to fruition.”
“[…] to weare our ſelues & neuer reſt, Untill we reach the ripeſt fruites of all, That perfect bliſſe and ſole felicitie, The ſweet fruition of an earthly crowne.”
“Perhaps,—for the Divine purpose runs through every aim of our being,—the disappointment and the endurance are but sent to raise those hopes above, which else might cling too fondly to their fruition below.”
“The myths possess us: through our agony / They work to new fruition.”
“Largely by reason of the persistence of John Crevallier Cobbold, a leading townsman and a member of a respected Suffolk family, the scheme was brought to fruition and by an Act dated July 19, 1844, the Eastern Union Railway came into existence.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)The fulfillment of something worked for.
“After six years of hard work, the engineers had brought the project to fruition.”
“[…] to weare our ſelues & neuer reſt, Untill we reach the ripeſt fruites of all, That perfect bliſſe and ſole felicitie, The ſweet fruition of an earthly crowne.”
“Perhaps,—for the Divine purpose runs through every aim of our being,—the disappointment and the endurance are but sent to raise those hopes above, which else might cling too fondly to their fruition below.”
“The myths possess us: through our agony / They work to new fruition.”
“Largely by reason of the persistence of John Crevallier Cobbold, a leading townsman and a member of a respected Suffolk family, the scheme was brought to fruition and by an Act dated July 19, 1844, the Eastern Union Railway came into existence.”
- (countable, uncountable)The enjoyment derived from a possession.
- The condition of bearing fruit.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin fruitiō (“enjoyment”).
Words you can make from fruition
87 playable · top: FINITO (9 pts)
Best play finito 9 points6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
9 words4-letter words
31 words- FINO 7 pts
- FIRN 7 pts
- FOIN 7 pts
- FONT 7 pts
- FORT 7 pts
- FOUR 7 pts
- FRIT 7 pts
- INFO 7 pts
- RIFT 7 pts
- TOFU 7 pts
- TURF 7 pts
- INRO 4 pts
- INTI 4 pts
- INTO 4 pts
- IRON 4 pts
- NOIR 4 pts
- NORI 4 pts
- RIOT 4 pts
- ROTI 4 pts
- ROUT 4 pts
- RUIN 4 pts
- RUNT 4 pts
- TIRO 4 pts
- TORI 4 pts
- TORN 4 pts
- TOUR 4 pts
- TRIO 4 pts
- TROU 4 pts
- TURN 4 pts
- UNIT 4 pts
- UNTO 4 pts
3-letter words
30 words2-letter words
13 wordsHooks
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