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Antonyms for fruition

Grammar : Noun
Spell : froo-ish-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : fruˈɪʃ ən

Definition of fruition

Origin :
  • early 15c., "act of enjoying," from Middle French fruition and directly from Late Latin fruitionem (nominative fruitio) "enjoyment," noun of action from Latin frui "to use, enjoy." Sense of "act or state of bearing fruit" is first recorded 1885 by mistaken association with fruit; figurative sense is from 1889.
  • noun achievement, maturation
Example sentences :
  • But man was not born for the indolence of pleasure and the uniformity of fruition.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • American producers of very fine wool have ever fed an expectation, but never obtained the fruition of their hopes.
  • Extract from : « Address delivered by Hon. Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan, before the Central Michigan Agricultural Society, at their Sheep-shearing Exhibition held at the Agricultural College Farm, on Thursday, May 24th, 1866 » by Henry Howland Crapo
  • The May day, the day of fulfilment for Smiles' dreams and the fruition of her work, had come.
  • Extract from : « 'Smiles' » by Eliot H. Robinson
  • There was a genuine sense of fruition about that first harvest.
  • Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl
  • For this character of the (or any) ideal of action the best name is fruition or enjoyment.
  • Extract from : « Progress and History » by Various
  • So, for a time, if such a passion come to fruition, the man will get what he wants.
  • Extract from : « The Good Soldier » by Ford Madox Ford
  • He had at hand the agency for bringing the scheme to fruition.
  • Extract from : « Sundry Accounts » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • From childhood I have cherished the hope of reaching it, and the fruition is near at hand.
  • Extract from : « Macaria » by Augusta Jane Evans Wilson
  • This is the supreme power that has carried all his other powers to fruition.
  • Extract from : « Hilaire Belloc » by C. Creighton Mandell
  • The moment of fruition had come; the crowning of his pride and pleasure in his home.
  • Extract from : « Five Tales » by John Galsworthy

Synonyms for fruition

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