fruitful
pronunciation
How to pronounce fruitful in British English:
UK [ˈfruːtfl]
How to pronounce fruitful in American English:
US [ˈfruːtfl]
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- Adjective:
- productive or conducive to producing in abundance
- productive of profit
Word Origin
- fruitful (adj.)
- c. 1300, of trees, from fruit + -ful. Related: Fruitfully; fruitfulness. Of animals or persons from early 16c.; of immaterial things from 1530s.
Example
- 1. The possibilities for fruitful collaboration between the two countries are obvious enough .
- 2. Juvenile rants in the blogosphere replace fruitful human contact .
- 3. By tiering members by net worth , claessens thinks conversations will be even more fruitful .
- 4. The hunt has been fruitful .
- 5. The marriage between physics and mathematics has been a happy and fruitful one over many centuries .