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noun

ˈfrüt How to pronounce fruit (audio)
Definition of fruitnext
1
as in outcome
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause one fruit of your faithfulness in carrying out your duties will be more rewarding responsibilities

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as in production
something produced by physical or intellectual effort a popular app that was the fruit of years of research and development

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as in offspring
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant according to the Bible, God promised Abraham that the fruit of his loins would someday become a great nation

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fruit

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verb

as in to flower

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Recent Examples of fruit
Noun
Someone who chose, again and again, to use the financial fruits of her incredible talent to give back. — Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026 Pineapples have long been seen as exotic fruit grown by richer coastal neighbors, and more expensive than the mangoes that grow outside many Burkinabe homes. — ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
According to gardening expert Tony O'Neill, one of the most common reasons a plant doesn't fruit is its age. — Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 20 June 2026 Fort Collins Nursery sells citrus in an eight-inch pot — their smallest fruiting size — and yields will only continue to increase with time. — Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 5 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for fruit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fruit
  1. outcome
  2. production
  3. offspring
  4. flower
  5. resultant
  6. product
  7. seed
  8. bloom
Noun
  • Channel 4 insiders are certainly not unhappy with the outcome.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Such an outcome would amount to a transformation in the transatlantic alliance.
    — JENNIFER KAVANAGH, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of outcome
Noun
  • Earlier this year, India became the world's second largest mobile manufacturer, with more than 300 production units as compared to just two in 2014.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Some upper-level seats were sold because of demand, but those buyers were relocated downstairs Tuesday once production was installed and additional lower-level seats opened up.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of production
Noun
  • Their efforts to hatch and raise offspring at their nest in Southern California became popular with live cam viewers.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Concurrent surrogacy is used to increase the odds of having a child — in some instances, for rich, single men to create as many of their biological offspring as their egos demand.
    — Arthur L. Caplan, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of offspring
Verb
  • Autumn Joy Stonecrop Also called autumn joy sedum, this hardy, summer- and fall-flowering perennial is known for its succulent foliage and dense clusters of tiny pink flowers.
    — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Plants have to be mature and about ready to flower when the central leaves turn varying shades of red.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of flower
Noun
  • Ilie and Ghodla modeled the environment in which the resultant black hole seeds would exist and merge, calculating merger rates and the influence on the gravitational wave background.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • No other spacecraft has ever descended into the moon’s shadowy south polar craters, although NASA did crash a rocket into one in 2009 and watched a resultant plume of water vapor burst out.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of resultant
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  • Dorsey was founded lab-grown, always marks its products as lab-grown, but has never marketed around the concept, Strachan says.
    — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
  • New Zealand supplies more than half of China's dairy imports, a dominance built under a bilateral trade agreement since 2008, that later granted duty-free access for all its dairy products in 2024.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of product
Noun
  • Maintaining an even level of soil moisture as the seeds are germinating is also a key component to overseeding success.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Coming in 20 shades, the skin tint is priced at $38 and features a 73 percent skin care formula with ingredients including daikon radish seed and açaí extracts.
    — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of seed
Verb
  • Like other outdoor plants, coleus requires several hours of full, direct sun each day to grow properly, maintain its coloration, and eventually bloom.
    — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Across the archipelago’s more than seven thousand islands, countless sovereign communities once bloomed with distinct languages and traditions, until Spain claimed them all under a single name.
    — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
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