His proposals only came to fruition after the war. Many people have worked together to bring this scheme to fruition.fruitionfru‧i‧tion /fruˈɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] formal 
His proposals only came to fruition after the war. Many people have worked together to bring this scheme to fruition.
WORD ORIGINfruition
Origin:
1400-1500 French, Late Latin fruitio, from Latin fructus; ➔ FRUIT1EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- All too often, the antecedents of revolution are separated by more than a human lifespan from their fruition.
- And while they were away, he would allow her little dream to come to fruition.
- I am more than a little confident that its fruition will be more than evident before the last kick of the season.
- None of these visionary schemes for Niagara ever reached fruition, but one Utopian dreamer did achieve his objective.
- The technical difficulty in bringing the changes to fruition says something about how dramatic they are.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY His proposals only came to fruition after the war. Many people have worked together to bring this scheme to fruition.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
His proposals only came to fruition after the war. Many people have worked together to bring this scheme to fruition.· It is easy to make him look personally responsible for setting the process in train and bringing it to fruition.· He discussed how he brought his idea to fruition.· It is certainly a scheme that could, with a little organisation and planning, be brought into fruition in the future.· The technical difficulty in bringing the changes to fruition says something about how dramatic they are.· If even one-tenth of those bright ideas published could be brought to fruition, the world would be transformed.
· Neither came to fruition, and I shall never know why.· Our unconscious plans are often the ones that come to fruition.· However, the promised Unix showcase at Comdex/Spring last week never came to fruition.· They say it could cause difficulties, but are waiting to see whether the idea will come to fruition.· And in addition many of the conservation measures adopted following the first oil shock began to come to fruition.· There was also consideration for two railways, one from Beverley and one from Bridlington, neither of which came to fruition.· However, this did not come to fruition.· The Witch King's long plan had come to fruition.
· None of these visionary schemes for Niagara ever reached fruition, but one Utopian dreamer did achieve his objective.
WORD FAMILYnounfruitfruitionfruitereradjectivefruitful ≠ fruitlessfruityverbfruitadverbfruitfully ≠ fruitlessly
if a plan, project etc comes to fruition, it is successfully put into action and completed, often after a long processcome to/bring to/reach fruition His proposals only came to fruition after the war. Many people have worked together to bring this scheme to fruition.