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Definition: Fruition |
FruitionNoun1. The condition of bearing fruit. 2. Something that is realized; "the victory was the realization of a whole year's work". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fruition" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Fruition \Fru*i"tion\, noun. [Old French expression fruition, from Latin expression fruitio, enjoyment, from the Latin expression frui, past participle fruitus, to use or enjoy. See Fruit, noun.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: FruitionSynonyms: realisation (n), realization (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pleasure | Noun: pleasure, gratification, enjoyment, fruition; oblectation, delectation, delection; relish, zest; gusto; (physical pleasure); satisfaction; (content); complacency. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fruition |
| English words defined with "fruition": consummation ♦ Fructure. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fruition": Orchard ♦ Pecans, Publisher ♦ Quay ♦ Sea ♦ Weighing. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "fruition": Fruitive. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | And you will see it come to its fruition (Wrapped Around Your Finger; performing artist: The Police) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Christopher Marlowe | That perfect bliss and sole felicity, the sweet fruition of an earthly crown. |
Felthan | All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Hong Kong | China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) is nearing fruition. (references) |
Morocco | Tripartite negotiations between government, management, and labor on a new labor code have dragged on for years but are projected to come to fruition in 2001. (references) | |
Guinea | It takes time to build a successful working relationship in Guinea, and effort, patience, and face-to-face contact may be required to bring business transactions to fruition. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Fruition" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fruition" is used about 179 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 179 | 23,133 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "fruition": come to fruition. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "fruition": self-fruition. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fruition | 21 |
estee lauder fruition | 4 |
fruition tabletops unlimited | 2 |
dinnerware fruition | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "fruition"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | realizim (conclusion, execution, materialization, realization), përmbushje (completion, consummation, execution, fulfillment, fulfilment, indulgence, performance, satisfaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تمتع (bask, belong, enjoy, fullness, fulness, possession, rejoice), تحقيق (ascertainment, come true, consummation, enquiry, exploration, fulfillment, fulfilment, implementing, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, probe, probing, quest, realization, survey, verification), تحقق (ascertain, be realized, check, come true, enquire, materialize), إستمتاع (enjoyment, gust, gusto, relish, spree), إثمار (fruitage, fruitfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | осъществяване (accomplishment, achievement, fulfillment, implementation, materialization, realization), оправдаване (dismissal, exculpation, exoneration, justification, sanctification), ползуване (use, user). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 实现 (Embodied, Embody, Embodying, materialise, materialize, Materialized, Materializing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | uskuteènìní (execution, implementation, realization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fécondité (fruitfulness), réalisation, jouissance. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | erfüllung (achievement, acquittance, carrying out, compliance, discharge, execution, fulfillment, fulfilment, implementation, impregnation, performance, pursuance, realization, redemption, satisfaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πραγματοποίηση (accomplishment, actualization, materialization, realization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "'שמ" (consummation, fulfillment, implementation, materialization, rain making, realization), בשול (concoction, cooking, cuisine, ripening). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megvalósulás (effect, fulfillment, fulfilment, realization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fruizione, realizzazione (accomplishment, achievement, actualization, carrying out, executing, execution, implementation, production, realisation, realization, satisfaction), godimento (delight, enjoyment, gusto, pleasure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 奏功 (achievement, success). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そう"う (achievement, armored, bustle, conduct, deportment, document transmission, draft, efficacy, hatch, hatchway, hurry, manuscript, meanwhile, notes, plain food, rousing, running a wheeled vehicle, simple living, success, traveling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | soylley (embodiment, enjoyment, indulgence, matching, mock up, pattern, possession). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uitionfray fruição (possession), realização (accomplishment, achievement, acting, actualization, attainment, completion, consummation, execution, fulfillment, fulfilment, materialization, performance, prosecution, realization, transaction, working-out), posse (appropriation, asset, demesne, domain, gear, grasp, hand, hands, hold, induction, occupancy, occupation, ownership, pleasure, possession, property, proprietorship, tenure), materialização (materialization), gozo (enjoyment, gladness, gust, joy, pleasure, possession, tenure), consecução (attainment, procurement). (various references) folosinţã (employment, holding, use, utilization), rodnicie (fecundity, fertility, fruitfulness), realizare (accomplishment, achievement, attainment, execution, fulfilment, job, realization). (various references) наслаждение (bang, delectation, enjoyment, gratification, pleasure, real jam), пользование благами. (various references) uživanje (delight, enjoyment, kick, pleasure, treat, use, zest), ostvarenje (effectuation, fulfilment, realization). (various references) fruición. (various references) förverkligande (implementation, realization). (various references) การบรรลุผล. (various references) muradına erme, amacına ulaşma, ürün verme. (various references) користування благами, насолода (bang, delectation, delight, feast, luxury, pleasure), здійснення (effect, effectuation, enforcement, execution, exercise, fulfilment, implementation, materialization, performance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | frui. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fruition": fruitions. (additional references) | |
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"Fruition" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arabition, fortition, frewition, frivtion, fruation, fruiti, fruiton, fruittion, Frutin, fuition, Furzton, fution, Kritikon, Troitino, truition. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fruition" (pronounced fruwi"shun) |
| 5 | -uw i" sh u n | intuition, tuition. |
| 4 | -i" sh u n | abolition, academician, acquisition, addition, admission, admonition, ambition, ammunition, apparition, attrition, audition, clinician, coalition, cognition, commission, competition, composition, condition, contrition, decommission, decomposition, definition, demolition, dentition, deposition, dietitian, disposition, edition, electrician, emission, erudition, exhibition, expedition, exposition, extradition, fission, geriatrician, ignition, imposition, inhibition, inquisition, intermission, juxtaposition, logician, magician, malnutrition, mathematician, mission, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, obstetrician, omission, opposition, optician, partition, patrician, pediatrician, permission, petition, physician, politician, position, precondition, predisposition, preignition, premonition, presupposition, prohibition, proposition, recognition, recondition, redefinition, reimposition, remission, rendition, repetition, reposition, requisition, retransmission, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, submission, superstition, supposition, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, titian, tradition, transition, transmission, volition. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, auction, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, lotion, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstruction, occupation, ocean, operation, oppression, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, passion, pasteurization, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, predestination, prediction, predilection, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, replication, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, suppression, suspension, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, titillation, toleration, traction, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-i-i-n-o-r-t-u" | |
-2 letters: forint. | |
-3 letters: fount, front, fruit, futon, intro, nitro, rutin, torii, unfit. | |
-4 letters: fino, firn, foin, font, fort, four, frit, info, inro, inti, into, iron, noir, nori, rift, riot, roti, rout, ruin, runt, tiro, tofu, tori, torn, tour, trio, turf, turn, unit, unto. | |
-5 letters: fin, fir, fit, fon, for, fou, fro, fun, fur, ion, nit. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-i-i-n-o-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: fruitions, outfiring. | |
+2 letters: figuration, uniformity. | |
+3 letters: bifurcation, countrified, figurations, infuriation, interfusion, outfiguring, unfortified. | |
+4 letters: bifurcations, fluoridating, fluoridation, fluorinating, fluorination, infuriations, interfusions, perfusionist, profundities, purification, reoutfitting, titaniferous, trifurcation, uniformities. | |
+5 letters: configuration, configurative, counterfiring, fluoridations, fluorinations, functionaries, nonfigurative, nonuniformity, perfusionists, prefiguration, purifications, reunification, trifurcations, uninformative. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 72 75 69 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .-. ..- .. - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110010 01110101 01101001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F r u i t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0072 0075 0069 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4084877586758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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