Fruition
[frʊ'ɪʃ(ə)n] or [fru'ɪʃən]
Definition
(noun.) enjoyment derived from use or possession.
(noun.) the condition of bearing fruit.
Typed by Jewel--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use.
Editor: Margie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Enjoyment (in the possession or the use of any thing).
Checker: Virgil
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Reaping, attainment, enjoyment, use, possession
ANT:Disappointment, loss, nonattainment
Checked by Dolores
Definition
n. enjoyment: use or possession of anything esp. accompanied with pleasure.—adj. Fru′itive of or pertaining to fruition.
Checker: Nanette
Examples
- There is no fruition in their vacant kindness, and sharp rocks lurk beneath the smiling ripples of these shallow waters. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- No, Jane, no: this world is not the scene of fruition; do not attempt to make it so: nor of rest; do not turn slothful. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Each stone deity was possessed by sacred gladness, and the eternal fruition of love. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- What wonder that the sordid lights of work-day prudence should pale before the glory of a hope like theirs in the full splendor of its fruition? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is yet only in its infancy, and needs a wise ruler to carry it on to ripe fruition. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Science represents the fruition of the cognitive factors in experience. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I knew it, I felt it to be the letter of my hope, the fruition of my wish, the release from my doubt, the ransom from my terror. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Once haply in life, one golden gift falls prone in the lap--one boon full and bright, perfect from Fruition's mint. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Experiences are had under conditions of such constraint that they throw little or no light upon the normal course of an experience to its fruition. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Editor: Philip