FULFILLMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fulfillment mean? 

• FULFILLMENT (noun)
  The noun FULFILLMENT has 2 senses:

1. a feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires

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

  Familiarity information: FULFILLMENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FULFILLMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

fulfillment; fulfilment

Hypernyms ("fulfillment" is a kind of...):

satisfaction (the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation)

Derivation:

fulfill (fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

fulfillment; fulfilment

Hypernyms ("fulfillment" is a kind of...):

consummation (the act of bringing to completion or fruition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fulfillment"):

self-fulfillment; self-realisation; self-realization (the fulfillment of your capacities)

Derivation:

fulfill (put in effect)

fulfill (meet the requirements or expectations of)

 Context examples 

The Scarecrow was both pleased and proud at the fulfillment of his greatest wish, and having thanked Oz warmly he went back to his friends.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

He said nothing, but he smiled at me with the air of a man who sees the fulfillment of that which he had expected.

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

The March 9 full moon will appear in Virgo, so you will see the fulfillment of a desire of great importance.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The act of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort.

(Assistance, NCI Thesaurus)

Mars will energize you, and you may see the fulfillment of a wonderful relationship—you may have quite an enchanting evening.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)