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fertile  /ˈfɜr təl/ ? Meaning of "fertile"

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Definition(s):

  1. (adj) capable of reproducing
  2. (adj) intellectually productive
  3. (adj) bearing in abundance especially offspring
  4. (adj) marked by great fruitfulness

Synonym(s)

productive, rich, prolific, fecund

Usage(s):

  1. Some 10,000 years ago, when glaciers chilled northern Europe, the Sahara desert was a fertile, well-watered land.
  2. Occasionally across the fertile plain came the echoing thump of detonating mines.
  3. Yes, says a Harvard scientist, who offers an explanationOn a brilliant day in the spring of 1980, a stranger arrived at L'Estre marketplace in Haiti's fertile.

Quotes

  1. "I hadn't done anything in television since `My So-Called Life,'" Danes said. "Both projects are so extraordinary and since I was last nominated -- since I was a kid -- television has become incredibly sophisticated and a wonderfully fertile...
    on Jul 8, 2010 By: Claire Danes Source: BusinessWeek

  2. "The volume of the seizure indicates that international syndicates saw Australia as a potentially fertile market - we hope that impression has well and truly been smashed," Mr McClelland told reporters in Sydney. "One benefit of this seizure...
    on Aug 7, 2008 By: Robert McClelland Source: The Australian

  3. "Fidel is recovering," Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque told reporters in Havana. "It has been a fertile period of work, reading, studying and writing, while keeping in touch with and being involved in the country's main decisions, on...
    on Sep 21, 2007 By: Felipe Perez Roque Source: Reuters

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