Fruition Meaning
/fɹuˈɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe fulfillment of something worked for.
nounThe enjoyment derived from a possession.
Sentence Examples
Your plans will never come to fruition unless you make them more realistic.
Tom's plans were finally coming to fruition.
Tom died before seeing his plan come to fruition.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Years of hard work finally came to ____ when she got the job.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
After years of hard work, his plan finally came to ____ with the successful launch of his new company.
Word Origin & History
From Latin fruitiō (“enjoyment”). By surface analysis, fruit + -ion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…] to weare our ſelues & neuer reſt,
Untill we reach the ripeſt fruites of all,
That perfect bliſſe and ſole felicitie,
The ſweet fruition of an earthly crowne."
— c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene vii:
"Perhaps,—for the Divine purpose runs through every aim of our being,—the disappointment and the endurance are but sent to raise those hopes above, which else might cling too fondly to their fruition below."
— 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 310–311:
"The myths possess us: through our agony / They work to new fruition."
— 1914, John Jay Chapman, “The Wrath of Achilles. 1. The Embassy to Achilles.”, in Homeric Scenes: Hector’s Farewell and The Wrath of Achilles, New York, N.Y.: Laurence J. Gomme, →OCLC, scene II, page 23:
"Largely by reason of the persistence of John Crevallier Cobbold, a leading townsman and a member of a respected Suffolk family, the scheme was brought to fruition and by an Act dated July 19, 1844, the Eastern Union Railway came into existence."
— 1946 September and October, “Centenary of the Ipswich-Colchester Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 307:
"That progress has taken over ten years and £20 million to bring to fruition. But, as Mands explains, the journey has been one that HSG has been almost obligated to undertake. "First and foremost, this is an environmental project," she says."
— 2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 39:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Years of hard work finally came to ____ when she got the job.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
After years of hard work, his plan finally came to ____ with the successful launch of his new company.