fruition

American  

[froo-ish-uhn] / fruˈɪʃ ən /

noun

1. attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment.

   After years of hard work she finally brought her idea to full fruition.

   Synonyms:

   result , perfection , completion , achievement , fulfillment , accomplishment , consummation

2. enjoyment, as of something attained or realized.

3. state of bearing fruit.

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fruition British  

/ fruːˈɪʃən /

noun

1. the attainment or realization of something worked for or desired; fulfilment

2. enjoyment of this

3. the act or condition of bearing fruit

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Other Word Forms

• nonfruition noun
• self-fruition noun

Etymology

Origin of fruition

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English fruicioun, from Late Latin fruitiōn-, stem of fruitiō “enjoyment”; equivalent to fruit + -ion

Example Sentences

Some of the company’s plans are yet to come to fruition.

From The Wall Street Journal

The firm could work with her government to bring the efforts to fruition, they said, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal

But what I did expect, which has come to fruition, is we move really fast, we get energy from being physically around each other and brainstorming with a whiteboard.

From The Wall Street Journal

Investors were looking for details about when the company expects those revenues will come to fruition, and how it plans to fulfill the orders.

From BBC

“What’s key is the tremendous preparedness efforts that have been ongoing many days in advance of the storm ... have helped mitigate impacts — preventing some reasonable worst-case impacts from coming to fruition.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• materialization