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fruit

UK/fɹuːt/ US/fɹʉwt/ common informal
noun (3) verb (2)

noun

1.
2.

the consequence of some effort or action

  • “he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies”
3.

an amount of a product

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verb

1.
2.

bear fruit

  • “the trees fruited early this year”

Origin

From Middle English fruyt, frut (“fruits and vegetables”), from Old French fruit (“produce, fruits and vegetables”), from Latin fruitus (“enjoyment, proceeds, profits, produce, income”), frūctus and frūx (“crop, produce, fruit”) (compare Latin fruor (“have the benefit of, to use, to enjoy”)).

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