FULFIL (fulfilled, fulfilling)

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Irregular inflected forms: fulfilled    , fulfilling   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does fulfil mean? 

• FULFIL (verb)
  The verb FULFIL has 3 senses:

1. put in effect

2. fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction

3. meet the requirements or expectations of

  Familiarity information: FULFIL used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FULFIL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they fulfil    ... he / she / it fulfils   
Past simple: fulfilled   
Past participle: fulfilled   
-ing form: fulfilling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put in effect

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

accomplish; action; carry out; carry through; execute; fulfil; fulfill

Context example:

He actioned the operation

Hypernyms (to "fulfil" is one way to...):

complete; finish (come or bring to a finish or an end)

effect; effectuate; set up (produce)

Verb group:

carry out; follow out; follow through; follow up; go through with; implement; put through (pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fulfil"):

get over (to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end)

run (carry out)

consummate (make perfect; bring to perfection)

consummate (fulfill sexually)

do; perform (get (something) done)

complete; discharge; dispatch (complete or carry out)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

fulfilment (the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

conform to; fill; fit; fulfil; fulfill; meet; satisfy

Context example:

meet a need

Hypernyms (to "fulfil" is one way to...):

cater; ply; provide; supply (give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fulfil"):

answer (be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of)

appease; quell; stay (overcome or allay)

content (satisfy in a limited way)

feed on; feed upon (be sustained by)

allay; assuage; quench; slake (satisfy (thirst))

fill the bill; fit the bill (be what is needed or be good enough for what is required)

fulfil; fulfill; live up to; satisfy (meet the requirements or expectations of)

accommodate; fit; suit (be agreeable or acceptable to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

fulfilment (a feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Meet the requirements or expectations of

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

fulfil; fulfill; live up to; satisfy

Hypernyms (to "fulfil" is one way to...):

conform to; fill; fit; fulfil; fulfill; meet; satisfy (fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fulfil"):

answer; do; serve; suffice (be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity)

cover (provide for)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

fulfilment (the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc))

 Context examples 

Functional Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis (FAMS) General Contentment: My work (include work at home) is fulfilling.

(FAMS - My Work is Fulfilling, NCI Thesaurus)

This way the lymphocytes can communicate with each other in the lymphatic system and search for foreign compounds after their recirculation to the bloodstream, thus fulfilling their role in the immune system.

(Lymphocyte Adhesion Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

I thank you, he replied, for your sympathy, but it is useless; my fate is nearly fulfilled.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

An Epstein-Barr positive lymphoproliferation fulfilling the criteria for classical Hodgkin lymphoma and arising as a result of post-transplant immunosuppression therapy.

(Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma Type Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

She will get her business back into shape because she retained all of her clients and is fierce about fulfilling her promises to them.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

One condition mentioned in the Ritual would then be fulfilled.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yesterday evening I went to Esher to fulfil this engagement.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Both men fulfilled that requisite of the powerful athlete that they should look larger without their clothes than with them.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was not very long before my friend’s prediction was fulfilled.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But scarcely had she touched it, before the fairy’s prophecy was fulfilled; the spindle wounded her, and she fell down lifeless on the ground.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)