Standard Lemma guide

fruition

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /fɹuˈɪʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /fɹuˈɪʃən/
  • rhymes with -ɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: F R UW0 IH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The fulfillment of something worked for.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • After six years of hard work, the engineers had brought the project to fruition.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The enjoyment derived from a possession.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The condition of bearing fruit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

something that is made real or concrete

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the victory was the realization of a whole year's work

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: realization, realisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: consummation

5

noun

Meaning 5

enjoyment derived from use or possession

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: use, enjoyment

6

noun

Meaning 6

the condition of bearing fruit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: condition, status

History

Etymology

From Latin fruitiō (“enjoyment”). By surface analysis, fruit + -ion.

Erroneously from fruit (though now standard usage)

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: осъществяване (osǎštestvjavane) — fulfillment of something worked for
  • Chinese Mandarin: 实现 (shíxiàn) — fulfillment of something worked for
  • Chinese Mandarin: 完成 (wánchéng) — fulfillment of something worked for
  • Dutch: vervulling — fulfillment of something worked for
  • Finnish: toteutuminen — fulfillment of something worked for
  • German: Verwirklichung — fulfillment of something worked for
  • Italian: realizzazione — fulfillment of something worked for
  • Macedonian: оствару́вање (ostvarúvanje) — fulfillment of something worked for
  • Portuguese: realização — fulfillment of something worked for
  • Russian: осуществление (osuščestvlenije) — fulfillment of something worked for
  • Russian: реализация (realizacija) — fulfillment of something worked for
  • Spanish: fructificación — fulfillment of something worked for
  • Swedish: förverkligande — fulfillment of something worked for
  • Turkish: gerçekleşme — fulfillment of something worked for
  • Turkish: gerçekleştirme — fulfillment of something worked for
  • Chinese Mandarin: 享用 (xiǎngyòng) — enjoyment derived from a possession
  • Dutch: vruchtgebruik — enjoyment derived from a possession
  • French: jouissance — enjoyment derived from a possession
  • Italian: godimento — enjoyment derived from a possession
  • Chinese Mandarin: 结果实 — condition of bearing fruit
  • Dutch: vrucht dragen — condition of bearing fruit
  • French: fructification — condition of bearing fruit
  • Italian: fruttificazione — condition of bearing fruit
  • Russian: плодоношение (plodonošenije) — condition of bearing fruit
  • Spanish: fructificación — condition of bearing fruit
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