fruitful
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈfruːt.fəl/
:
fructífero
- So I can live a long and fruitful life?
- prove fruitful
- a fruitful collaboration
- a fruitful discussion
There are years which are fruitful and the years which are barren.
- There are years which are fruitful and the years which are barren.
- What paths of exploration have been most fruitful or enjoyable?
- This is a way to kind of bring that into this, you know, fruitful interaction.
- And they go out and try to find a more fruitful source of narcissistic supply.
- That kind of quality leadership that leads to successful, great, positive, fruitful things, all right?
Examples
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If the meeting when I'm there is not fruitful, I will respectfully leave the meeting.
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Examining this possibility could be a fruitful avenue for future studies.
Academic text (1999) -
So we're at the beginning of what I hope will be a long, fruitful research journey.
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So it was a really fruitful time for me.
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Some places have been, have been more fruitful than others.
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I will live a fruitful life.
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Right now is the greatest, most fruitful, most optimistic time in the history of the world.
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In recent decades, the concept of "place attachment" has become a fruitful avenue for studying parks.
Academic text (2011) -
What paths of exploration have been most fruitful or enjoyable?
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I hope this new collaboration will lead to many fruitful discoveries in our field.
Synonyms
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2.7
Giving large amounts of crops or fruit
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4.3
A mind that has many new ideas
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6.0
Producing many young animals, fruit, or flowers
Antonyms
How Fruitful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word fruitful comes from fruit, which originally meant 'produce' or 'result', and the ending -ful, meaning 'full of'. So something fruitful is 'full of results' and produces good outcomes.