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Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: Late Latin fruitio, from Latin fructus; FRUIT1

fruition

 noun
     
fru‧i‧tion [uncountable] formal
if a plan, project etc comes to fruition, it is successfully put into action and completed, often after a long process
come to/bring to/reach fruition
His proposals only came to fruition after the war.
Many people have worked together to bring this scheme to fruition.
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