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Grammar : Noun
Spell : fer-til-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : fərˈtɪl ɪ ti



Definition of fertility

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Middle French fertilité, from Latin fertilitatem (nominative fertilitas) "fruitfulness, fertility," from fertilis (see fertile).
  • noun readiness to bear, produce
Example sentences :
  • That the stream of literature had passed over, it was apparent only from its fertility.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • What astonishes me is his fertility in the arts of denunciation and scandalmongering.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • He has such huge energy at the back of his fertility of invention.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • This resourcefulness and fertility of method are conspicuous characteristics of him.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
  • Indeed, the entire surroundings of Orizaba are gardenlike in fertility and bloom.
  • Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • This will depend on the variety, the age of the vines, the fertility of the soil, etc.
  • Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
  • The Nile flows through its sandy plain, and covers it with fertility.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 5, 1880 » by Various
  • Fertility depends on her; she goes under the earth to find her lover.
  • Extract from : « History of Religion » by Allan Menzies
  • It possesses a soil which for richness and fertility has no equal in India.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Cotton Plant » by Frederick Wilkinson
  • The fertility of the land, also, is a guide to the presence of drift.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 » by Various

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