fruition
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ən noun
1.
attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment: After years of hard work she finally brought her idea to full fruition.
2.
enjoyment, as of something attained or realized.
3.
state of bearing fruit.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English fruicioun < Late Latin fruitiōn- (stem of fruitiō) enjoyment, equivalent to Latin fruit(us) (variant of frūctus; see fruit) + -iōn- -ion
1375–1425; late Middle English fruicioun < Late Latin fruitiōn- (stem of fruitiō) enjoyment, equivalent to Latin fruit(us) (variant of frūctus; see fruit) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
non·fru·i·tion, noun
self-fru·i·tion, noun
Synonyms
1. consummation, accomplishment, fulfillment, achievement, completion, perfection, result.
1. consummation, accomplishment, fulfillment, achievement, completion, perfection, result.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the attainment or realization of something worked for or desired; fulfilment |
| 2. | enjoyment of this |
| 3. | the act or condition of bearing fruit |
| [C15: from Late Latin fruitiō enjoyment, from Latin fruī to enjoy] | |
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Word Origin & History
fruition
1413, "act of enjoying," from L.L. fruitionem (nom. fruitio) "enjoyment," noun of action from L. frui "to use, enjoy." Sense of "act or state of bearing fruit" is first recorded 1885 by mistaken association with fruit.
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Example sentences
It was about time that a younger generation came to fruition.
The pressure of the elections and happenstance have brought it to fruition.
But in that yellow-walled apartment they never consciously moved toward any such fruition.
We make lists of empty promises to ourselves but usually the complexity of them doesn't help them come to fruition.
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