fruitful

/'fru:tful/

Thân thiện

The farmer's fruitful orchard is full of ripe apples.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Producing good or abundant results; productive: Describes something that yields positive outcomes, benefits, or a plentiful harvest. 2. Conducive to productivity or success: Describes conditions, efforts, or collaborations that lead to successful and profitable results.

Usage

• Used to describe efforts, discussions, periods of work, land, or relationships that are highly productive and yield positive outcomes.
• Often used in formal, academic, or professional contexts, but also common in general language.
• Typically precedes a noun (e.g., a fruitful discussion) or follows a linking verb like "be," "prove," or "become."

Examples

• The negotiations between the two companies were fruitful and led to a new partnership.
• She had a fruitful career as a research scientist, publishing many important papers.
• The farmer's fruitful orchard provided enough apples for the entire region.
• Investing in education has proven to be a fruitful strategy for the country's development.

Advanced Usage

• "Prove fruitful": To turn out to be successful or yield good results.
  • His initial research idea proved fruitful and opened up a new field of study.
• "Bear fruitful results": To produce successful outcomes. (Note: This is a common collocation where "fruitful" modifies "results.")
  • Their patience and hard work finally bore fruitful results.

Variants and Related Words

• Fruitfully (adverb): In a productive or successful manner.
  • The team worked fruitfully together to complete the project ahead of schedule.
• Fruitfulness (noun): The quality or state of being productive or yielding good results.
  • The fruitfulness of the collaboration was evident in their joint publications.

Synonyms

• Productive: Achieving or producing a significant amount or result.
• Profitable: Yielding financial or beneficial gain.
• Rewarding: Providing satisfaction or benefit.
• Successful: Accomplishing a desired aim or result.

Antonyms

• Fruitless: Failing to achieve the desired results; unproductive.
• Barren: Unproductive; incapable of producing results.
• Unproductive: Not producing or capable of producing good results.

Idioms and Phrases

• "Be fruitful and multiply": A biblical phrase (Genesis 1:28) often used to encourage productivity and growth, sometimes humorously or metaphorically in modern contexts.
  • The CEO told the new division to "be fruitful and multiply" its market share.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. productive or conducive to producing in abundance
   • be fruitful and multiply