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DictionaryfertilityReproductive capacity
noun

fertility

fer-TIL-uh-tee/fərˈtɪləti/

The capacity to produce or sustain new life.

The blossoming tree's many developing fruits reveal its fertility.

Blossoming fruit tree with many developing fruits, abundant reproductive growth.
Etymology
fertilLatinfruitful, productive
+ityLatinstate or quality

Latin fertilis described bearing or producing abundantly. Fertility names that productive capacity, whether expressed in offspring or in plentiful growth.

In context

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More examples

  • Some medical treatments can affect fertility.
  • Adding compost improves the fertility of the soil.
  • The fertility of her imagination fills notebooks with new ideas.

Forms

fertility

fertile adjective — Able to produce or sustain new life.

fertilize verb — To enable reproduction or enrich soil.

Similar words

fecundity
Emphasizes abundant reproduction or the production of many ideas.
fruitfulness
Emphasizes abundant growth or results rather than reproductive capacity.