fulfillment

especially British, ful·fil·ment

[fool-fil-muhnt]

noun

1. the act or state of fulfilling: to achieve fulfillment of one's hopes.

   to witness the fulfillment of a dream;

   to achieve fulfillment of one's hopes.

2. the state or quality of being fulfilled; completion; realization.

   a vague plan that had no hope of fulfillment.

3. the process or business of handling and executing customer orders, as packing, shipping, or processing checks.

Other Word Forms

• prefulfillment noun
• superfulfillment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fulfillment¹

First recorded in 1765–75; fulfill + -ment

Example Sentences

Under its new ecommerce plan, the grocer will close three fulfillment centers located in Florida, Maryland and Wisconsin, while monitoring the performance of its remaining facilities.

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Centene said it didn’t count Sebesto in its fulfillment of South Carolina’s network requirements, and that it got that doctor’s name from a local hospital system.

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When you stop living for yourself and start pouring into others — family, teammates, friends — you find more fulfillment.

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In several ways, “Picturing Shakespeare” is the fulfillment of a PBS programmer’s fantasy mashup.

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Despite long hours and packed schedules, there is fulfillment beyond the personal joy of creation with an opportunity to make her audience laugh and offer respite from a “challenging world.”

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Related Words

• achievement 
• attainment 
• contentment 
• gratification 
• perfection 
• realization