fulfilling

[ fool-fil-ing ]

adjective

1. satisfying or rewarding, especially by meeting the emotional need for meaning, challenge, growth, success, etc.:

   The young graduates were looking forward to the adventure of growing personally, gaining new skills, and embarking on a fulfilling career.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fulfilling¹

First recorded in 1300–50; fulfill ( def ) + -ing ²( def )

Example Sentences

Back in New York, the slow pace and inward focus of her yoga practice was less fulfilling.

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Christie has a lot riding on fulfilling his promise of shepherding Atlantic City into a third boom era.

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“Instead of me fulfilling my prophecy,” he said, “I have to start one,” and that was a lot of pressure.

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When I attended Hunter, I was Eleanor Roeloffs fulfilling the language and math courses required at the time.

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He toiled without money to do that, but for him it had been an incredibly fulfilling and rewarding experience.

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None, however, on that account, can excuse himself for not coming under and fulfilling a good obligation.

From Project Gutenberg

Luckily, the time fixed for the revolution passed over, without the populace fulfilling its threats.

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And those good works include the keeping of the covenant, by Covenanting and fulfilling the engagements made.

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Such a face, rugged though it was and far from fulfilling the promise held out to him in his dreams, could not but move any man.

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Indeed, mademoiselle, I thought of little beyond fulfilling the oath I had taken, and to go my way again as quickly as possible.

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