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fruit·ful
(fro͞ot′fəl)adj.
1.
a. Producing fruit, especially in abundance.
b. Producing offspring, especially in abundance.
c. Capable of producing vegetation: fruitful soil.
2. Producing useful or desired results; productive: a fruitful collaboration; a fruitful suggestion. See Synonyms at fertile.
fruit′ful·ly adv.
fruit′ful·ness n.
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fruitful
(ˈfruːtfʊl)adj
1. bearing fruit in abundance
2. productive or prolific, esp in bearing offspring
3. causing or assisting prolific growth
4. producing results or profits: a fruitful discussion.
ˈfruitfully adv
ˈfruitfulness n
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fruit•ful
(ˈfrut fəl)adj.
1. producing good results; beneficial; profitable.
2. abounding in fruit, as trees or other plants.
3. producing an abundant growth, as of fruit.
[1250–1300]
fruit′ful•ly, adv.
fruit′ful•ness, n.
syn: See productive.
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Adj. | 1. | fruitful - productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply" fertile - capable of reproducing productive - producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration" unfruitful - not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production |
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fruitful
adjective
1. useful, successful, effective, rewarding, profitable, productive, worthwhile, beneficial, advantageous, well-spent, win-win, gainful We had a long, fruitful relationship.
useful useless, vain, pointless, futile, fruitless, unproductive, ineffectual, unfruitful
useful useless, vain, pointless, futile, fruitless, unproductive, ineffectual, unfruitful
2. fertile, fecund, fructiferous a landscape that was fruitful and lush
fertile barren, sterile, fruitless, unproductive, infertile, unfruitful
fertile barren, sterile, fruitless, unproductive, infertile, unfruitful
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fruitful
adjective1. Capable of reproducing:
Biology: proliferous.
2. Characterized by great productivity:
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Translations
مُثْمِر
plodnýúspěšný
frugtbar
gyümölcsözõ
árangursríkur
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fruitful
adj
(= profitable) relationship, collaboration, talks, meeting → fruchtbar; life, career → produktiv; (= successful) attempt, inquiries → erfolgreich; it would be more fruitful to wait until January → man hätte mehr davon, den Januar abzuwarten; a fruitful source of material → eine ergiebige Materialquelle
(Agr, Bot) land, plant, growth → fruchtbar, ertragreich
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fruit
(fruːt) noun1. the part of a plant that produces the seed, especially when eaten as food. The fruit of the vine is the grape.
2. a result; something gained as a result of hard work etc. the fruit of his hard work.
verb to produce fruit. This tree fruits early.
ˈfruitful adjective producing (good) results. a fruitful meeting.
fruition (fruˈiʃən) noun an actual result; the happening of something that was thought of, hoped for etc. Her dreams came to fruition.
ˈfruitless adjective useless; with no results. a fruitless attempt.
ˈfruitlessly adverbˈfruity adjective
of or like fruit. a fruity taste; a fruity drink.
fruit is a collective noun taking a singular verb: Fruit is good for you ; The tree bears fruit (not fruits ).
The plural fruits is used in talking about different types of fruit: oranges, mangoes and other fruits .
The plural fruits is used in talking about different types of fruit: oranges, mangoes and other fruits .
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fruitful
a. productivo-a; provechoso-a.
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