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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.
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
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 |
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
fruitful
adjective1. Capable of reproducing:
Biology: proliferous.
2. Characterized by great productivity:
Translations
مُثْمِر
plodnýúspěšný
frugtbar
gyümölcsözõ
árangursríkur
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
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 .
fruitful
a. productivo-a; provechoso-a.