Fruition
What it means
The successful realization of a plan or hope.
Reach for it when naming the successful realization of a plan, effort, or hope
Years of fundraising brought the community pool to fruition.
Words to choose between 6
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playful
payoff
Fits when effort finally produces a welcome result
Careful Payoff sounds transactional and can suggest money.
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everyday
Fits when effort produces a recognized result
Careful Achievement centers the actor rather than the plan coming into being.
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warm
fulfillment
Fits when a promise or aspiration is fully satisfied
Careful Fulfillment emphasizes satisfaction more than the completed outcome.
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professional
completion
Fits when all planned work reaches its endpoint
Careful Completion may occur without success or benefit.
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professional
Fits when an idea or plan becomes actual
Careful Realization also means sudden understanding.
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literary
culmination
Fits when a long process reaches its highest or final point
Careful Culmination can end in failure and need not realize a hope.
Opposites 3
- failure
- abandonment
- frustration
Common phrases 3
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come to fruition
Years of planning can come to fruition in spring.
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bring to fruition
The grant helped bring the clinic to fruition.
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reach fruition
The restoration will reach fruition after the roof repair.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated