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fruit

165 3.0
A result of work or effort
  • noun
  • /frut/
translation icon : fruto
  • I am starting to see the fruits of my labor.
  • bear fruit
  • fruits of labor
  • bore fruit

And it's all about the fruits, the results.

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Examples

  • Our targeted Nigerian sanctions are beginning to bear fruit as the military government wearies of its pariah status.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Following the Democratic landslide of 1964, social reform efforts bore fruit well beyond initial expectations.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Let myself enjoy the fruit from this lucky day.

  • Is this truly a love that shall never bear fruit?

  • All of these things are the fruits of peace, he tells us.

  • Mr. Ventura, there's nothing wrong with enjoying the fruits of nature.

  • Formal multilateral and bilateral dialogues have produced their own fruits on a variety of topics.

    Academic text (2013)
  • After years of hard work, the team finally saw the fruit of their efforts in the successful project.

  • She was pleased to witness the fruit of her dedication to fitness with noticeable health improvements.

  • The fruit of his studies was evident in the high marks he received on all his exams.

Synonyms

result
vsfruit
1.0

The outcome of an action or event

is focused on outcomes that come from effort or work rather than any event
harvest
vsfruit
20 4.1

The result of work or effort

covers outcomes generally rather than only gained benefits from effort

Idioms

fruit of the loins
  • Literature
8.9

The children and grandchildren of a person

Compounds

14 2.6

A small flying insect whose young eat and spoil ripe or rotten fruit

13 1.0

A mix of different fresh fruits served as a dessert

13 1.0

A tree that grows fruit you can eat

12 1.0

A drink you get by squeezing fresh fruit

8 3.4

Easy tasks that give quick results

7 1.0

Fruit with most of its water removed to make it last longer

A small tropical fruit with a hard skin and sweet, slightly sour pulp used in drinks and desserts

5 3.7

A large flying animal that lives in warm places and eats mostly fruit at night

forbidden fruit
  • Informal
4 5.3

A thing that looks very tempting but is not allowed and is risky

A mix of small pieces of different fruits often packed in sweet syrup

4 1.8

A sweet drink made from mixed fruit juices often served at parties

3 1.3

A juicy fruit with thick skin like an orange or lemon

2 1.5

A sweet drink made from fruit juice mixed with water and often added sugar

2 3.4

A soft juicy fruit with one hard seed inside, like a peach or cherry

1 1.8

A pastry with cream or custard topped with fresh fruit

Fruit grown without chemical pesticides or artificial fertilizers

Cooked fruit in sugar makes a sweet dessert often with spices

1 3.8

A yellow tropical fruit that makes a star shape when cut

1 2.5

A person or business that grows fruit to sell

A rule that stops courts from using evidence found illegally

Fruit cooked in sugar syrup and coated in sugar for a sweet treat

1 1.0

A fruit you can safely eat that is usually sweet

1 1.2

A baked sweet snack with chopped fruit cut into bars

1 1.6

An oval brown fruit with fuzzy skin, green inside, and a slightly sour taste, often eaten raw or in desserts

A small black and white fly whose young eat the inside of fruit

1 7.7

A large sweet citrus fruit that is a mix of tangerine and grapefruit with thick, wrinkled skin

9.9

A joking, slightly rude way to call someone's children

Fruit cooked in sugar syrup and coated with sugar

accessory fruit
  • Specialized
8.4

A fruit whose flesh comes from flower parts, like an apple or strawberry

aggregate fruit
  • Specialized
7.3

A fruit made of many small fruits that form from one flower, like blackberries

A long tropical fruit with soft sweet inside that people eat or make into juice

false fruit
  • Specialized
7.6

A fruit like an apple or pear whose edible part comes from other flower parts

6.8

A coin machine with fruit pictures that you play to try to win money

A phone game where you swipe the screen to cut flying fruit while avoiding bombs

A child born to a couple

fruit sugar
  • Specialized
2.7

A natural sugar found in ripe fruit and honey

A cold drink made by crushing fruit and often sweetened

A sweet, thick dessert of milk and eggs mixed with pieces of fruit

An animal that eats mostly fruit

key fruit
  • Specialized
9.3

A winged fruit from maple or ash trees with one seed that spins as it falls

A cold mix of small pieces of different fruits served as dessert

A small brown fruit from a tree eaten after it becomes soft

multiple fruit
  • Specialized
7.3

A food that forms when many flowers grow together, like a pineapple or mulberry

9.9

A round tropical fruit the size of an orange with thick skin and juicy inside

jambu fruit
  • Indian
9.2

A sweet tropical fruit with crisp, juicy inside and a pink bell shape

pawpaw fruit
  • Australian
3.2

A tropical fruit with sweet orange flesh eaten fresh

9.5

A bat that eats fruit and has tube-shaped nostrils that point away from each other

simple fruit
  • Specialized
6.0

A fruit that grows from one part of a flower with seeds inside, like a grape

A large soft fruit like a peach or plum that is very juicy

How Successful

breakthrough
242 3.9
success
1.0
fruit
165 3.0
outcome
770 2.1
failure
557 1.3

Surface Forms

fruit singular
fruits plural

Etymology

Fruit can also mean the 'result' of an action and comes from the same Latin root fructus meaning 'produce'. So when we say the 'fruit of your work' we mean the product or good result of your effort.