fruition
noun/fruˈɪʃn/
/fruˈɪʃn/
[uncountable] (formal)- the successful result of a plan, a process or an activity
- After months of hard work, our plans finally came to fruition.
- His extravagant ideas were never brought to fruition.
- Their efforts came to fruition many years later.
- The proposed rule is the fruition of years of work.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- come to
- reach
- bring something to
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘enjoyment’): via Old French from late Latin fruitio(n-), from frui ‘enjoy’, related to fruges ‘fruits of the earth’, plural (and most common form) of frux, frug- ‘fruit’; the current senses (dating from the late 19th cent.) arose by association with fruit.Want to learn more?
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