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fru⋅i⋅tion

  [froo-ish-uhn]
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–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 ME fruicioun < LL fruitiōn- (s. of fruitiō) enjoyment, equiv. to L fruit(us) (var. of frūctus; see fruit ) + -iōn- -ion

Synonyms:
1. consummation, accomplishment, fulfillment, achievement, completion, perfection, result.
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fru·i·tion   (frōō-ĭsh'ən)   
n.  
  1. Realization of something desired or worked for; accomplishment: labor finally coming to fruition.
  2. Enjoyment derived from use or possession.
  3. The condition of bearing fruit.

[Middle English fruicioun, from Old French fruicion, from Late Latin fruitiō, fruitiōn-, enjoyment, from Latin fruitus, past participle of fruī, to enjoy.]
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Fruition

Fru*i"tion\, n. [OF. fruition, L. fruitio, enjoyment, fr. L. frui, p. p. fruitus, to use or enjoy. See Fruit, n.] Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use. "Capacity of fruition." --Rogers. "Godlike fruition." --Milton.

Where I may have fruition of her love. --Shak.
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Language Translation for : fruition
Spanish: realización,
German: die Erfüllung,
Japanese: 実現
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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