FULFIL


Meaning of FULFIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fʊlfɪl ]

also fulfill

( fulfils, or fulfills, fulfilling, fulfilled)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you fulfil something such as a promise, dream, or hope, you do what you said or hoped you would do.

President Kaunda fulfilled his promise of announcing a date for the referendum.

= carry out

VERB : V n

2.

To fulfil a task, role, or requirement means to do or be what is required, necessary, or expected.

Without them you will not be able to fulfil the tasks you have before you...

All the necessary conditions were fulfilled.

VERB : V n , V n

3.

If something fulfils you, or if you fulfil yourself , you feel happy and satisfied with what you are doing or with what you have achieved.

The war was the biggest thing in her life and nothing after that quite fulfilled her...

They don’t like the idea that women can fulfil themselves without the assistance of a man.

= satisfy

VERB : V n , V pron-refl

• ful‧filled

I feel more fulfilled doing this than I’ve ever done.

ADJ

• ful‧fil‧ling

...a fulfilling career...

I found it all very fulfilling.

ADJ

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