fruition

Definitions


[frʊˈɪʃn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the realization or fulfilment of a plan or project
(e.g: the plans have come to fruition rather sooner than expected)

- the state or action of producing fruit
(e.g: the apples in the orchards gave a suggestion of sour fruition)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘enjoyment’): via Old French from late Latin fruitio(n-), from frui ‘enjoy’ (see fruit); the current senses (dating from the late 19th century) arose by association with fruit




definition by Oxford Dictionaries