fruition
pronunciation
How to pronounce fruition in British English:
UK [fruˈɪʃn]
How to pronounce fruition in American English:
US [fruˈɪʃən]
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- Noun:
- the condition of bearing fruit
- enjoyment derived from use or possession
- something that is made real or concrete
Word Origin
- fruition (n.)
- early 15c., "act of enjoying," from Old French fruition and directly from Late Latin fruitionem (nominative fruitio) "enjoyment," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin frui "to use, enjoy" (see fruit). Sense of "act or state of bearing fruit," resisted by dictionary editors, is attested by 1885, from association with fruit (n.); figuratively in this sense from 1889.
Example
- 1. The suicide attack plan never came to fruition .
- 2. The first is that it will be terribly hard to bring to fruition .
- 3. They also may become humankind 's next destination in space , if current plans by nasa for a manned mission to an asteroid come to fruition .
- 4. Lots of similar deals are under discussion , but only when they come to fruition and are considered routine will the recovery have taken hold .
- 5. As things stand , its fruition will not come until 2020 , by which time anything may have happened to the economies of both china and the world .