come to fruition
to become completed as planned (project)
TRANSLATION
come to fruition = verwirklicht werden fruition = die Erfüllung --- GOOGLE INDEX come to fruition: approximately 20,500,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The campaign by the Coventry Telegraph and its readers to persuade bosses at the University Hospital to scrap parking charges for disabled people is due to COME TO FRUITION on Monday.
(Coventry Evening Telegraph)
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If those scenarios COME TO FRUITION, sophisticated gamers might see their diversions less as one-time purchases and more like a hobby or long-term project they nurture over time.
(BusinessWeek magazine)
(Coventry Evening Telegraph)
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If those scenarios COME TO FRUITION, sophisticated gamers might see their diversions less as one-time purchases and more like a hobby or long-term project they nurture over time.
(BusinessWeek magazine)
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come to fruition
verbal phrase, idiomatic
- when a plan or project is realized or fulfilled
(Oxford English Dictionary)
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Fruition stems from the Middle French fruition and directly from the Late Latin "fruitionem" (nominative fruitio), meaning "to enjoy." It further derives from the Latin "frui" a noun of action meaning "to use, enjoy."
In the 19th century, fruition was mistakenly used in the sense of "bearing fruit" (meaning to be productive) because of the association with the word fruit, which actually stems from the Latin "fructus" (an enjoyment, satisfaction). Fruitonem and fructus stem from the same Latin root however (frui).
There are a variety of useful verbal phrases that rely on "come to," which essentially means leading to or ending in something. Below are a few examples that can be used in everyday conversations.
- come to grips or terms with = to confront squarely and come to understand fully and objectively (I've come to grips with the daily traffic jams during the commute to work)
- come to one's senses = to start to understand that you have been behaving in a stupid way (I bought a lot of things on credit until I finally came to my senses)
come to blows = to begin a physical fight (After arguing for several minutes, the two men came to blows)
come/spring to mind = to enter or appear in your thoughts (The word thrilling doesn't immediately come to mind after watching that movie)
come to rest = to stop, slow down (Luckily the car came to rest not far from a repair shop)
come to light = to become known or discovered (A lot of things have come to light since the two sides decided to talk)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"The design team is proud that many of their ideas have come to fruition."
verbal phrase, idiomatic
- when a plan or project is realized or fulfilled
(Oxford English Dictionary)
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Fruition stems from the Middle French fruition and directly from the Late Latin "fruitionem" (nominative fruitio), meaning "to enjoy." It further derives from the Latin "frui" a noun of action meaning "to use, enjoy."
In the 19th century, fruition was mistakenly used in the sense of "bearing fruit" (meaning to be productive) because of the association with the word fruit, which actually stems from the Latin "fructus" (an enjoyment, satisfaction). Fruitonem and fructus stem from the same Latin root however (frui).
There are a variety of useful verbal phrases that rely on "come to," which essentially means leading to or ending in something. Below are a few examples that can be used in everyday conversations.
- come to grips or terms with = to confront squarely and come to understand fully and objectively (I've come to grips with the daily traffic jams during the commute to work)
- come to one's senses = to start to understand that you have been behaving in a stupid way (I bought a lot of things on credit until I finally came to my senses)
come to blows = to begin a physical fight (After arguing for several minutes, the two men came to blows)
come/spring to mind = to enter or appear in your thoughts (The word thrilling doesn't immediately come to mind after watching that movie)
come to rest = to stop, slow down (Luckily the car came to rest not far from a repair shop)
come to light = to become known or discovered (A lot of things have come to light since the two sides decided to talk)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"The design team is proud that many of their ideas have come to fruition."
