"fruition" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fɹu.ˈɪʃ.ən/ [UK], /fɹu.ˈɪʃ.ən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fruition.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fruitions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪʃən Etymology: From Latin fruitiō (“enjoyment”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|fruitiō||enjoyment}} Latin fruitiō (“enjoyment”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fruition (countable and uncountable, plural fruitions)
  1. The fulfillment of something worked for. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (fulfillment of something worked for): осъществяване (osǎštestvjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 实现 (shíxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 完成 (wánchéng) (Chinese Mandarin), vervulling (note: of a plan) [feminine] (Dutch), toteutuminen (Finnish), Verwirklichung [feminine] (German), realizzazione [feminine] (Italian), оствару́вање (ostvarúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), realização (Portuguese), осуществление (osuščestvlenije) [neuter] (Russian), реализация (realizacija) [feminine] (Russian), förverkligande (Swedish), gerçekleşme (Turkish), gerçekleştirme (english: done by someone else) (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fruition-en-noun-Sej4JP1s Categories (other): English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'fulfillment of something worked for': 99 1
  2. The enjoyment derived from a possession. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (enjoyment derived from a possession): 享用 (xiǎngyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), vruchtgebruik [neuter] (Dutch), jouissance [feminine] (French), godimento [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-fruition-en-noun-odq-QIj4 Disambiguation of 'enjoyment derived from a possession': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /fɹu.ˈɪʃ.ən/ [UK], /fɹu.ˈɪʃ.ən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fruition.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fruitions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪʃən Etymology: Erroneously from fruit (though now standard usage) Etymology templates: {{m|en|fruit}} fruit Head templates: {{en-noun}} fruition (plural fruitions)
  1. The condition of bearing fruit. Translations (condition of bearing fruit): 结果实 (Chinese Mandarin), vrucht dragen (Dutch), fructification (French), fruttificazione [feminine] (Italian), плодоношение (plodonošenije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fruition-en-noun-yQQuKST~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 6 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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          "fruit",
          "fruit"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɹu.ˈɪʃ.ən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɹu.ˈɪʃ.ən/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪʃən"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fruition.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fruition.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fruition.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fruition.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fruition.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "condition of bearing fruit",
      "word": "结果实"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "condition of bearing fruit",
      "word": "vrucht dragen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "condition of bearing fruit",
      "word": "fructification"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "condition of bearing fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fruttificazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plodonošenije",
      "sense": "condition of bearing fruit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "плодоношение"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fruition"
}

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