FULFILL (fulfilled, fulfilling)

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Irregular inflected forms: fulfilled    , fulfilling   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does fulfill mean? 

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

1. put in effect

2. meet the requirements or expectations of

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

  Familiarity information: FULFILL used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FULFILL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they fulfill    ... he / she / it fulfills   
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 "fulfill" 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 "fulfill"):

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:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Meet the requirements or expectations of

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

fulfil; fulfill; live up to; satisfy

Hypernyms (to "fulfill" 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 "fulfill"):

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:

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

Sense 3

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 "fulfill" 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 "fulfill"):

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:

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

 Context examples 

An active process; excludes processes and mechanisms which fulfill biological functions.

(Activity, NCI Thesaurus)

It fulfills its mission to 'advance science and serve society' through initiatives in science policy; international programs; science education; and more.

(American Association for the Advancement of Science, NCI Thesaurus)

Simplify your complicated interests, feelings, thoughts, wishes, aims; merge all considerations in one purpose: that of fulfilling with effect—with power—the mission of your great Master.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

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)

An indication that the subject has been unable to fulfill the criteria required for assignment into a randomized group.

(Failure to Meet Randomization Criteria, NCI Thesaurus)

Now was the time when her son-in-law's promise to his father might with particular propriety be fulfilled.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

This term refers to acute myeloid leukemias that do not fulfill the criteria for inclusion in the group of acute myeloid leukemias which have recurrent genetic abnormalities or myelodysplastic changes, or are therapy-related.

(Acute Myeloid Leukemia Not Otherwise Specified, NCI Thesaurus)

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)

Issue associated with the requirement for software to fulfill its function within an intended use or application.

(Application Program Issue Associated with Medical Device, Food and Drug Administration)