Fulfil
1fulfil — ful‧fil [fʊlˈfɪl] , fulfill verb fulfilled PTandPP fulfilling PRESPART [transitive] 1. if a hope, promise etc is fulfilled, the thing that you had hoped for, promised etc happens or is done …
2fulfil — (US fulfill) ► VERB (fulfilled, fulfilling) 1) achieve or realize (something desired, promised, or predicted). 2) satisfy or meet (a requirement or condition). 3) (fulfil oneself) gain happiness or satisfaction by fully achieving one s potential …
3fulfil — see FULFILL (Cf. fulfill). Related: fulfilment …
4fulfil — is the BrE spelling; in AmE it alternates with fulfill. The inflections in both varieties are fulfilled, fulfilling …
5fulfil */*/ — UK [fʊlˈfɪl] / US verb [transitive] Word forms fulfil : present tense I/you/we/they fulfil he/she/it fulfils present participle fulfilling past tense fulfilled past participle fulfilled Get it right: fulfil: The verb fulfil has only one l in the… …
6fulfil — ful|fil W3S3 BrE fulfill AmE [fulˈfıl] v past tense and past participle fulfilled present participle fulfilling [T] [: Old English; Origin: fullfyllan] 1.) if you fulfil a hope, wish, or aim, you achieve the thing that you hoped for, wished for… …
7fulfil — BrE, fulfill AmE /fUl fIl/ verb (T) 1 if a hope, promise, wish etc is fulfilled, the thing that you had hoped, promised, wanted etc happens or is done: Visiting Disneyland has fulfilled a boyhood dream. | Eisenhower finally fulfilled his election …
8fulfil — (BrE) (AmE fulfill) verb ADVERB ▪ really ▪ completely ▪ not quite ▪ The movie doesn t quite fulfil its promise. ▪ Turkey is a market th …
9fulfil — [[t]fʊlfɪ̱l[/t]] ♦♦♦ fulfils, fulfilling, fulfilled (in AM and sometimes in BRIT, use fulfill, fulfills) 1) VERB If you fulfil something such as a promise, dream, or hope, you do what you said or hoped you would do. [V n] President Kaunda… …
10fulfil — [fʊlˈfɪl] verb [T] 1) to do a particular job, or to have a particular purpose The bus really fulfils a need for this community.[/ex] The sports centre fulfils a necessary role in this town.[/ex] 2) to reach a particular standard or have the… …
11fulfil — proclamation (Mark 1:15) that ‘the time is fulfilled’ means that the time appointed by God has now arrived, and Paul expresses the same idea: ‘when the fulness of time had come’ (Gal. 4:4). The gospel of Matt. frequently observes that an event… …
12fulfil — /fυl fɪl/ verb to complete something in a satisfactory way ● The clause regarding payments has not been fulfilled. (NOTE: the American spelling is fulfill) ♦ to fulfil an order to supply the items which have been ordered ● We are so understaffed… …
13fulfil — /fυl fɪl/ verb to complete something in a satisfactory way ● The clause regarding payments has not been fulfilled. (NOTE: The US spelling is fulfill.) ♦ to fulfil an order to supply the items which have been ordered ● We are so understaffed that… …
14fulfil — Fulfill Ful*fill , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fulfilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fulfilling}.] [OE. fulfillen, fulfullen, AS. fulfyllan; ful full + fyllan to fill. See {Full}, a., and {Fill}, v. t.] [Written also {fulfil.}] 1. To fill up; to make full or… …
15fulfil — verb /fʊlˈfɪl/ a) To fill up. My lady is positively fulfilled of grace. b) To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.). You made a promise, son, and now you must fulfil it …
16fulfil — ful·fill || fÊŠl fɪl v. gratify, satisfy; execute, realize, bring into being, make a reality; accomplish; complete (also fulfil) …
17fulfil — (US fulfill) verb (fulfils, fulfilling, fulfilled) 1》 achieve or realize (something desired, promised, or predicted). ↘(fulfil oneself) gain happiness or satisfaction by fully achieving one s potential. 2》 satisfy or meet (a requirement or… …
18fulfil — verb 1) he fulfilled a lifelong ambition Syn: achieve, attain, realize, make happen, succeed in, bring to completion, bring to fruition, satisfy 2) she failed to fulfil her duties Syn: carry out, perform …
19fulfil — /fʊlˈfɪl / (say fool fil) verb (t) (fulfilled, fulfilling) 1. to carry out, or bring to consummation, as a prophecy, promise, etc. 2. to perform or do, as duty; obey or follow, as commands. 3. to satisfy (requirements, etc.) 4. to bring to an end …
20fulfil — v.tr. (US fulfill) (fulfilled, fulfilling) 1 bring to consummation, carry out (a prophecy or promise). 2 satisfy (a desire or prayer). 3 a execute, obey (a command or law). b perform, carry out (a task). 4 comply with (conditions). 5 answer (a… …
