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What does fulfilling mean?
Fulfilling means providing or resulting in satisfaction or contentment.
A job is fulfilling when it allows a person to fully use their talents and work on projects that they enjoy and that they find meaning in. A relationship is fulfilling for someone when it brings them happiness and a deep connection.
Fulfilling is also the continuous tense (-ing form) of the verb fulfill, meaning “to satisfy” or “to bring about” (which is how it’s used in the term self-fulfilling, as in self-fulfilling prophecy).
Something that’s fulfilling leads to fulfillment—a state of satisfaction or contentment. Someone who feels this way can be described as fulfilled.
Example: My trip across Europe has been so fulfilling—I’ve learned new languages and new cultures, and, most importantly, I’ve learned new things about myself.
Where does fulfilling come from?
The first records of the verb fulfill come from before 1000. The adjective form fulfilling is first recorded later. It ultimately comes from the Old English fulfyllan. Just as it sounds, the roots of the word fulfill are the words full and fill.
Something that’s fulfilling fills you up—it makes you full of contentment or satisfaction. Tasks and hobbies that are fulfilling are worth doing because of what you get out of them. When things aren’t fulfilling, it means they don’t give you much in return. A job might not be fulfilling if it doesn’t make you feel like you’re doing something useful or at least learning something from it.
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- fulfill (verb)
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How is fulfilling used in real life?
Fulfilling is typically used in a positive way. It’s especially used in the context of careers, relationships, and hobbies.
Research shows that #STEMteachers find their work fulfilling. It is also reported that teachers are 6 times more likely to say that they make a difference in people’s lives than other STEM professionals. Agree? https://t.co/el3uubBZ5N #K12STEM #TeachSTEM #STEMeducation pic.twitter.com/ME6ORMuPTg
— 100Kin10 (@100Kin10) December 19, 2018
Most people don’t have a fulfilling relationship with others, because they don’t have a fulfilling relationship with themselves. In fact, they will do anything to not have a relationship with themselves, all in an attempt to distract their minds from the sounds of their own soul.
— 🔮✨ (@TheOracleReadsU) May 22, 2020
Welp, it has been a fulfilling 2 year journey.
I have learned so many things, made way too many mistakes, and I'm starting to understand the reason as to why I am here. May not have made that many friends but I am proud to call them my brothers and sisters.
Forever grateful 💛
— Yeah…No (@YannoEdren) May 29, 2020
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Is fulfilling used correctly in the following sentence?
I find woodworking so fulfilling because it’s relaxing and I can make things that last.