fruitful

  • 11fruitful — adjective 1 something you do that is fruitful has good results: Today s meeting proved more fruitful than last week s. opposite fruitless 2 literary land that is fruitful produces a lot of corn, vegetables, fruit etc fruitfully adverb… …

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  • 12fruitful — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ particularly …

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  • 13fruitful — fruit|ful [ frutfəl ] adjective * 1. ) producing good results: This area of enquiry did finally prove fruitful. We have had a friendly and very fruitful discussion. ─ opposite FRUITLESS 2. ) LITERARY producing a lot of crops or fruit a ) LITERARY …

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  • 14fruitful — adjective 1) a fruitful tree Syn: fertile, fecund, prolific, high yielding; fruit bearing, fruiting See note at fertile Ant: barren 2) fruitful discussions …

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  • 15fruitful */ — UK [ˈfruːtf(ə)l] / US [ˈfrutfəl] adjective 1) producing good results This area of enquiry did finally prove fruitful. We have had a friendly and very fruitful discussion. 2) literary producing a lot of crops or fruit 3) literary producing a lot… …

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  • 16fruitful — adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. yielding or producing fruit b. conducive to an abundant yield 2. abundantly productive < a fruitful discussion > Synonyms: see fertile • fruitfully adverb • fruitfulness noun …

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  • 17fruitful — adjective a) Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; fertile; not barren. The extra work in the office turned out to be fruitful after all I got promoted b) Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits …

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  • 18fruitful — [ˈfruːtf(ə)l] adj producing good results Ant: fruitless a fruitful meeting/discussion[/ex] …

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  • 19fruitful — /ˈfrutfəl / (say froohtfuhl) adjective 1. bearing fruit abundantly, as trees or other plants. 2. producing an abundant growth, as of fruit. 3. productive of results; profitable: fruitful investigations. –fruitfully, adverb –fruitfulness, noun …

  • 20fruitful — Synonyms and related words: abundant, advantageous, beneficial, blooming, bounteous, bountiful, bursting, bursting out, copious, creative, effective, exuberant, fecund, fertile, flourishing, fructiferous, fructuous, generous, lush, luxuriant,&#8230; …

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