fruitfulness

fruit·ful

(fro͞ot′fəl)

adj.

a. Producing fruit, especially in abundance.

b. Producing offspring, especially in abundance.

c. Capable of producing vegetation: fruitful soil.

2. Producing useful or desired results; productive: a fruitful collaboration; a fruitful suggestion. See Synonyms at fertile.

fruit′ful·ly adv.

fruit′ful·ness n.

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Noun	1.	fruitfulness - the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth fecundity quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare prolificacy, rankness, fertility, richness - the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness" productiveness, productivity - the quality of being productive or having the power to produce aridity, barrenness, fruitlessness - the quality of yielding nothing of value
	2.	fruitfulness - the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination fecundity creative thinking, creativeness, creativity - the ability to create

fruitfulness

noun

The quality or state of being fertile:

fecundity, fertility, productiveness, productivity, prolificacy, prolificness, richness.

Translations

fruitfulness

[ˈfruːtfʊlnɪs] N

1. [of soil] → fertilidad f, productividad f; [of plant] → fertilidad f, fecundidad f

2. (fig) [of discussion etc] → utilidad f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fruitfulness

n (lit, fig) → Fruchtbarkeit f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

fruitfulness

[ˈfruːtfʊlnɪs] n (of discussion) → buon esito; (of soil) → fertilità

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They prayed: "Endow them with continence and fruitfulness, and vouchsafe that their hearts may rejoice looking upon their sons and daughters." They alluded to God's creation of a wife from Adam's rib "and for this cause a man shall leave father and mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh," and that "this is a great mystery"; they prayed that God would make them fruitful and bless them, like Isaac and Rebecca, Joseph, Moses and Zipporah, and that they might look upon their children's children.

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There is the "Sea of Serenity," over which the young girl bends; "The Lake of Dreams," reflecting a joyous future; "The Sea of Nectar," with its waves of tenderness and breezes of love; "The Sea of Fruitfulness;" "The Sea of Crises;" then the "Sea of Vapors," whose dimensions are perhaps a little too confined; and lastly, that vast "Sea of Tranquillity," in which every false passion, every useless dream, every unsatisfied desire is at length absorbed, and whose waves emerge peacefully into the "Lake of Death!"

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The different degrees of this flood are such certain indications of the fruitfulness or sterility of the ensuing year, that it is publicly proclaimed in Cairo how much the water hath gained each night.

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Farmers began to dread the coming of winter as they saw the dwindling of the timely fruitfulness of the earth.

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When I came home from this journey, I contemplated with great pleasure the fruitfulness of that valley, and the pleasantness of the situation; the security from storms on that side of the water, and the wood: and concluded that I had pitched upon a place to fix my abode which was by far the worst part of the country.

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"Mourn, children of Makedama, because the Spirit of Fruitfulness is no more.

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'Let There be Light also means that there will be fullness and fruitfulness in Nigeria.'

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"The beginning of using the experience of the ASAN Service in Afghanistan and the Central Asian countries testifies to its fruitfulness and importance of the exchange of experience in various spheres."

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Current trading is in line with expectations, Gusbourne said, with warm spring weather leading to strong even growth and high potential fruitfulness.

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However, we can't ignore its fruitfulness but its misuses have been ignored.

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He went on to use the parable of fig tree to speak of the importance of fruitfulness in life.The fig tree had not produced any fruit after three years, so it was useless, and needed to be cut down.