bear fruit en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, intransitive) Of an effort, endeavor, etc., to produce good results; to yield benefits; to succeed.
Maguire, outstanding once more, broke the deadlock on the half-hour when another England set-piece bore fruit - Leicester City's powerful defender flashing a header past Sweden keeper Robin Olsen from Ashley Young's corner.
2018 July 7, Phil McNulty, “Sweden 0-2 England”, in BBC Sport:The House should, I think, take formal cognisance of the liberation of Rome[…]. This is a memorable and glorious event, which rewards the intense fighting of the last five months in Italy. The original landing, made on January 22nd at Anzio, has, in the end, borne good fruit.
1944 June 7, Winston Churchill, speech to House of CommonsMany people had looked but it was unusual to see these searches bearing fruit.
Although the trains are still far from becoming overcrowded, it is understood that the efforts to make the services more widely known have borne fruit.
1946 November and December, “Notes and News: Additional London-Dartford Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 386:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, fruit.
After several barren years it was good to see the trees bearing fruit.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bore fruit | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| bearing fruit | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bears fruit | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| borne fruit | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (25)
el καρπίζω ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · es frutecer ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · el καρποφορώ ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · el αποφέρω καρπούς ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · bg хващам дикиш ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · el αποδίδω καρπούς ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · es usufructuar ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · pl owocować ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · es fructificar ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · es dar / rendir frutas / frutos (sus) ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · es frutar ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · fr porter ses fruits ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · fi tuottaa tulosta ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · es dar / rendir fruto ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · ru приноси́ть плоды́ ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · bo འབྲས་བུ་སྐྱེ ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · de Früchte abwerfen ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · pl zaowocować ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · de Früchte tragen ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · es frutear ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · de fruchten ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · cmn 結實 /结实 ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · nl zijn vruchten afwerpen ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · ja 実を結ぶ ((''idiomatic'') produce good results) · cmn 見效 /见效 ((''idiomatic'') produce good results)