gratify, satisfy; execute, realize, bring into being, make a reality; accomplish; complete (also fulfil)
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Fulfill Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Fulfill Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To fill up; to make full or complete.
To fill up; to make full or complete.
(v. t.)
To accomplish or carry into effect, as an intention, promise, or prophecy, a desire, prayer, or requirement, etc.; to complete by performance; to answer the requisitions of; to bring to pass, as a purpose or design; to effectuate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo accomplish or carry into effect, as an intention, promise, or prophecy, a desire, prayer, or requirement, etc.; to complete by performance; to answer the requisitions of; to bring to pass, as a purpose or design; to effectuate.
fulfill
\ful*fill"\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. fulfilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. fulfilling.] [oe. fulfillen, fulfullen, as. fulfyllan; ful full + fyllan to fill. see full, a., and fill, v. t.] [written also fulfil. ]
1. to fill up; to make full or complete. [>obs.] "fulfill her week" xxix. 27. suffer thou that the children be fulfilled first, for it is not good to take the bread of children and give to hounds. (mark vii. 27).
2. to accomplish or carry into effect, as an intention, promise, or prophecy, a desire, prayer, or requirement, etc.; to complete by performance; to answer the requisitions of; to bring to pass, as a purpose or design; to effectuate. he will, fulfill the desire of them fear him. cxlv. 199. here nature seems fulfilled in all her ends. servants must their masters' minds fulfill.
fulfill
v
1. bring to execution; "carry out a task"; "carry out the surgery" [syn: carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, fulfil]
2. fulfil the requirements or expectations of [syn: satisfy, fulfil, live up to]
[ant: fall short of]
3. fill or meet a want or need [syn: meet, satisfy, fill, fulfil]
Verb
1. put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
(synonym) carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfil
(hypernym) complete, finish
(hyponym) get over
(verb-group) follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through
(derivation) fulfillment, fulfilment
2. fulfil the requirements or expectations of
(synonym) satisfy, fulfil, live up to
(hypernym) meet, fit, conform to
(hyponym) suffice, do, answer, serve
(derivation) fulfillment, fulfilment
3. fill or meet a want or need
(synonym) meet, satisfy, fill, fulfil
(hypernym) provide, supply, ply, cater
(hyponym) answer
(derivation) fulfillment, fulfilment
