fruitful

[ froot-fuhl ]

/ ˈfrut fəl /

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adjective

producing good results; beneficial; profitable: fruitful investigations.

abounding in fruit, as trees or other plants; bearing fruit abundantly.

producing an abundant growth, as of fruit: fruitful soil; fruitful rain.

OPPOSITES FOR fruitful

1 barren.

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Origin of fruitful

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at fruit, -ful

synonym study for fruitful

1, 3. See productive.

OTHER WORDS FROM fruitful

fruit·ful·ly, adverbfruit·ful·ness, nouno·ver·fruit·ful, adjectiveo·ver·fruit·ful·ly, adverb

o·ver·fruit·ful·ness, noun

Words nearby fruitful

fruit drop, fruited, fruiter, fruiterer, fruit fly, fruitful, fruiting body, fruition, fruitive, fruit jar, fruit knife

How to use fruitful in a sentence

Two YAF leaders secured a perfunctory meeting with IBM Chairman Thomas Watson, though the historical record gives no evidence to suggest that the young men’s efforts were fruitful in any way.
Conservatives have long embraced ‘cancel culture’|Lauren Lassabe|April 16, 2021|Washington Post
The Hantzsche-Wendt group seemed like a fruitful place to search for a counterexample to the unit conjecture.
Mathematician Disproves 80-Year-Old Algebra Conjecture|Erica Klarreich|April 12, 2021|Quanta Magazine
That growth helped propel the District into some of its most fruitful years, but it also set up the city and its employees for a steep fall when the pandemic all but prohibited travel.
Tourists are beginning to return to D.C. But the industry’s employees are still struggling.|Emily Davies|April 2, 2021|Washington Post
If the design process proves fruitful, it could be the template for a whole new category of naval ship, which could then be ordered and prototyped with new contracts.
DARPA wants designs for robotic warships that won’t need a crew|Kelsey D. Atherton|March 10, 2021|Popular-Science

Researchers now understand how to replicate language manipulation well enough to make combining it with sensing capabilities more potentially fruitful.
AI armed with multiple senses could gain more flexible intelligence|Katie McLean|February 24, 2021|MIT Technology Review
These are all fruitful options to pursue for any atheist interested in challenging the immoral stereotypes we have.
Loud, Proud, and Atheist: ‘Openly Secular’ Encourages Nonbelievers to Come Out of the Closet|Vlad Chituc|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After a fruitful year (earning $81 total) he expanded his enterprise.
The Ghost Hotels of the Catskills|Brandon Presser|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That marked the beginning of a fruitful long-term relationship with his Ethiopian clients.
'Made in China' Now Being Made in Africa|Brendon Hong|August 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then, defying all logic, it somehow blossomed into an amazing, fruitful romance.
'You're the Worst': TV's Best Couple Is Awful and Perfect for Each Other|Jason Lynch|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Reporters found that scouring the Internet for remarks made by Ukip members was proving fruitful.
Is Britain’s Tea Party Turning Politics Upside Down?|Nico Hines|April 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nothing, however, can save us but a union, which would turn our barren hills into fruitful valleys.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Our escort was mounted within a few minutes, and we were in full gallop over the fruitful levels of Champagne.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
It seemed an unpromising subject, but they fell upon it with ardour, and found it strangely fruitful.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
Why did he quit the fruitful banks of the Euphrates for a spot so remote, so barren, and so stony as Sichem?
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
One of the most fruitful fields for this instrument is undoubtedly stellar spectroscopy.
Photographs of Nebul and Clusters|James Edward Keeler

British Dictionary definitions for fruitful

fruitful

/ (ˈfruːtfʊl) /

adjective

bearing fruit in abundance

productive or prolific, esp in bearing offspring

causing or assisting prolific growth

producing results or profitsa fruitful discussion

Derived forms of fruitful

fruitfully, adverbfruitfulness, noun

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