Fruitful

//ˈfɹuːtfl̩// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; not barren.

    "And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth."

  2. 2
    Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits.

    "The extra work in the office turned out to be fruitful after all—I got promoted"

Adjective
  1. 1
    productive or conducive to producing in abundance wordnet

Synonyms

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productivebountifulfertileprolificabundantadvantageous

Example

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"Their stay in Germany for a year was very fruitful."

Etymology

From Middle English fruitefull, equivalent to fruit + -ful. Compare Dutch vruchtvol, German fruchtvoll, Swedish fruktfull.

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