fruition

(frū-ĭsh'ən)
n.

1. Realization of something desired or worked for; accomplishment: labor finally coming to fruition.
2. Enjoyment derived from use or possession.
3. The condition of bearing fruit.

[Middle English fruicioun, from Old French fruicion, from Late Latin fruitiō, fruitiōn-, enjoyment, from Latin fruitus, past participle of fruī, to enjoy.]

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has only an indirect connection with fruit, but the false association led it astray in the 19th century. Its current meaning 'fulfilment, the realization of aims' (especially in the phrase come to fruition) dates from then; before that it meant 'enjoyment' (from the Latin deponent verb frui 'to enjoy'), a meaning which is still listed in dictionaries of current English though hardly much used.

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noun

The condition of being fulfilled: consummation, culmination, fulfillment, materialization, realization. See do/not do, happy/unhappy.

n

Definition: achievement, maturation
Antonyms: failure, unfulfillment

IN BRIEF: The state of being complete.

In the garden, Autumn is, indeed the crowning glory of the year, bringing us the fruition of months of thought and care and toil. — Rose G. Kingsley.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - nydelse, brug

idioms:

• come to fruition    blive virkeliggjort

Nederlands (Dutch)
vervulling, genot, het vrucht dragen

Français (French)
n. - réalisation

idioms:

• come to fruition    porter fruit, se réaliser

Deutsch (German)
n. - Erfüllung, Verwirklichung

idioms:

• come to fruition    zum Ergebnis kommen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καρποφορία, κάρπισμα, εκπλήρωση, απόλαυση

idioms:

• come to fruition    καρπίζω

Italiano (Italian)
realizzazione, compimento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - realização (f)

idioms:

• come to fruition    concretizar

Русский (Russian)
осуществление, достижение желанной цели

idioms:

• come to fruition    сбыться

Español (Spanish)
n. - cumplimiento, consumación, ejecución, logro, realización, complacencia, fruición

idioms:

• come to fruition    hacerse realidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - åtnjutande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
结果实, 实现, 成就

idioms:

• come to fruition    计划就要实现

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 結果實, 實現, 成就

idioms:

• come to fruition    計劃就要實現

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 성취, 기쁨, 결실

idioms:

• come to fruition    성취되다, 달성되다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 達成, 実現, 喜び, 結実, 実のなりぐあい

idioms:

• come to fruition    成就する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تحقق الأمل , إثمار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הגשמה, מתן פרי, הנאה, נתינת תוצאות‬

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