fruitful
Use Fruitful in a sentence
fəlRelated forms
fruit·ful·ly, adverb
fruit·ful·ness, noun
o·ver·fruit·ful, adjective
o·ver·fruit·ful·ly, adverb
o·ver·fruit·ful·ness, noun
Antonyms
1. barren.
1. barren.
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So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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fruitful (ˈfruːtfʊl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | bearing fruit in abundance |
| 2. | productive or prolific, esp in bearing offspring |
| 3. | causing or assisting prolific growth |
| 4. | producing results or profits: a fruitful discussion |
| 'fruitfully | |
| —adv | |
| 'fruitfulness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
It's possible that he may get some interesting suggestions and have some fruitful conversations with citizens.
He and his co-authors suggest that tools, culture and a diverse gene pool helped our early ancestors be fruitful and multiply.
The trust they lavished on producers has resulted in fruitful relationships.
Something happened on my campus last year that offers a hopeful, even fruitful, answer to those questions.
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