fulfil
fulfill
or ful·fil
- to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
- to perform or do, as duty; obey or follow, as commands.
- to satisfy (requirements, obligations, etc.): a book that fulfills a long-felt need.
- to bring to an end; finish or complete, as a period of time: He felt that life was over when one had fulfilled his threescore years and ten.
- to develop the full potential of (usually used reflexively): She realized that she could never fulfill herself in such work.
Origin of fulfill
Synonyms for fulfill
Examples from the Web for fulfil
Contemporary Examples of fulfil
De Blasio, meanwhile, is looking to fulfil his campaign promise.
Each has their individual mission, and each one seeks to fulfil it on a micro level.
Historical Examples of fulfil
Heaven knows how anxiously I sought to fulfil that solemn vow!
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
A bargain's a bargain, and, having made the bargain, of course it is your own look-out that you fulfil it.
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood
Some day you will have to fulfil your promise of taking me over the works.
Roden's CornerHenry Seton Merriman
You have not applied to me yet to fulfil my offer, which I think was a very fair one.'
A Woman IntervenesRobert Barr
She did not seem at all to fulfil the promise of her childhood.
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald
fulfil
US fulfill
- to bring about the completion or achievement of (a desire, promise, etc)
- to carry out or execute (a request, etc)
- to conform with or satisfy (regulations, demands, etc)
- to finish or reach the end ofhe fulfilled his prison sentence
- fulfil oneself to achieve one's potential or desires
Word Origin for fulfil
Word Origin and History for fulfil
see fulfill. Related: fulfilment.
fulfill
Old English fullfyllan "fill up, make full," from full + fyllan (see fill, which is ultimately from the root of full). Used early of prophecy and perhaps a translation of Latin implere, adimplere. Related: Fulfilled; fulfilling.