Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The fulfillment of something worked for.
After six years of hard work, the engineers had brought the project to fruition.
Verwirklichung
осуществлениеosuščestvlenije, реализацияrealizacija
(countable, uncountable)The enjoyment derived from a possession.
enjoyment derived from use or possession
The condition of bearing fruit.
плодоношениеplodonošenije
the condition of bearing fruit
Examples
10 sentencesTom's plans were finally coming to fruition.
This project will never come to fruition.
ruЭтот проект никогда не осуществится. — marafon
He takes steps to bring success to fruition.
Tom died before seeing his plan come to fruition.
My carefully laid plan has yet to come to fruition.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From Latin fruitiō (“enjoyment”). By surface analysis, fruit + -ion. Erroneously from fruFrom Latin fruitiō (“enjoyment”). By surface analysis, fruit + -ion.
Erroneously from fruit (though now standard usage)
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Forms
plural: fruitionsSynonyms
2 synonyms- something that is made real or concrete:realizationrealisation
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.