fruit
- noun
- /frut/
- 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.
- And it's all about the fruits, the results.
- I think to begin with, there are lower hanging fruit than than the opening book.
- You say, well, low lying fruit, OK, the lowest lying fruit at Harvard are instructional laboratories.
- And I was like, all right, like this is the fruit of what's supposed to happen.
Examples
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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.
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Is this truly a love that shall never bear fruit?
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All of these things are the fruits of peace, he tells us.
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Mr. Ventura, there's nothing wrong with enjoying the fruits of nature.
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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.
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She was pleased to witness the fruit of her dedication to fitness with noticeable health improvements.
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The fruit of his studies was evident in the high marks he received on all his exams.
Synonyms
Idioms
Compounds
A small tropical fruit with a hard skin and sweet, slightly sour pulp used in drinks and desserts
- Jargon
A rule that stops courts from using evidence found illegally
An oval brown fruit with fuzzy skin, green inside, and a slightly sour taste, often eaten raw or in desserts
- US
A large sweet citrus fruit that is a mix of tangerine and grapefruit with thick, wrinkled skin
- Specialized
A fruit whose flesh comes from flower parts, like an apple or strawberry
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
A fruit like an apple or pear whose edible part comes from other flower parts
- Specialized
A winged fruit from maple or ash trees with one seed that spins as it falls
- Specialized
A food that forms when many flowers grow together, like a pineapple or mulberry
- Australian
A bat that eats fruit and has tube-shaped nostrils that point away from each other
- Specialized
A fruit that grows from one part of a flower with seeds inside, like a grape
How Successful
Surface Forms
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.