Fulfill

Definition: Fulfill

Fulfill

Verb

1. Bring to execution; "carry out a task"; "carry out the surgery".

2. Fulfil the requirements or expectations of.

3. Fill or meet a want or need.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "fulfill" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Note: Fulfill \Ful*fill"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Fulfilled; present participle verb or noun Fulfilling.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Fulfill

Completion

Despatch, dispatch; knock off, finish off, polish off; make short work of; dispose of, set at rest; perform, discharge, fulfill, realize; put in practice, put in force; carry out, carry into effect, carry into execution; make good; be as good as one's word.

Duty

Enter upon a duty, perform a duty, observe a duty, fulfill a duty, discharge a duty, adhere to a duty, acquit oneself of a duty, satisfy a duty, enter upon an obligation, perform an obligation, observe an obligation, fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation, adhere to an obligation, acquit oneself of an obligation, satisfy an obligation; act one's part, redeem one's pledge, do justice to, be at one's post; do duty; do one's duty; (be virtuous).

Nonobservance

Unfulfilled; (see fulfill; ).

Observance

Verb: observe, comply with, respect, acknowledge, abide by; cling to, adhere to, be faithful to, act up to; meet, fulfill; carry out, carry into execution; execute, perform, keep, satisfy, discharge; do one's office.

Perform an obligation, fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation, acquit oneself of an obligation; make good; make good one's word, make good one's promise, keep one's word, keep one's promise; redeem one's pledge; keep faith with, stand to one's engagement.

Virtue

Verb: be virtuous; Adjective: practice virtue;Noun: do one's duty, fulfill one's duty, perform one's duty, discharge one's duty; redeem one's pledge, keep one's promise; act well, act one's part; fight the good fight; acquit oneself well; command one's passions, master one's passions; keep in the right path.

Crosswords: Fulfill

I fulfill my vows when I choose to. (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves; writing credit: Pen Densham and John Watson.)

Well, he moves to New York and tries to fulfill that Broadway dream. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

How archetypically American can you get? We're all trying to fulfill ourselves, understand ourselves, get in touch with ourselves, face the reality of ourselves, explore ourselves, expand ourselves. (Altered States; writing credit: Paddy Chayefsky;)

Chill me, thrill me, fulfill me Creature of the night! (The Rocky Horror Picture Show; writing credit: Richard O'Brien; Jim Sharman)

He butchers whole families to fulfill some sick fantasy. (Manhunter; writing credit: Thomas Harris; Michael Mann)

I'll rub your back and fulfill your needs, yeah (Left & Right Featuring Method Man And Redman; performing artist: D'Angelo)

The heaven sent to fulfill my needs (Nobody's Supposed To Be Here (Dance Mix); performing artist: Deborah Cox)

I never found anyone to fulfill my needs (Greatest Love Of All; performing artist: Whitney Houston)

Me a little more skin it would fulfill my fantasy (Perfect Gentleman; performing artist: Wyclef Jean)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Celebrate Your Dream: Fulfill Your Destiny One Wish at a Time: A Step-By-Step Program (reference)

• The Heart of a Family: Searching America for New Traditions That Fulfill Us (reference)

• Threesome: How to Fulfill Your Favorite Fantasy (reference)

• Unconditional Life: Discovering the Power to Fulfill Your Dreams (reference)

  (more book examples)

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May fulfill Jules Verne's dream--Prof. Oberth, German inventor, to aid Prof. Ocenasek perfect "moon rocket". Credit: Library of Congress.

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If anyone holding of us a lay fief shall die, and our sheriff or bailiff shall exhibit our letters patent of summons for a debt which the deceased owed us, it shall be lawful for our sheriff or bailiff to attach and enroll the chattels of the deceased, found upon the lay fief, to the value of that debt, at the sight of law worthy men, provided always that nothing whatever be thence removed until the debt which is evident shall be fully paid to us; and the residue shall be left to the executors to fulfill the will of the deceased; and if there be nothing due from him to us, all the chattels shall go to the deceased, saving to his wife and children their reasonable shares. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Some children who have Rett syndrome-like characteristics or MECP2 genetic mutations do not fulfill the diagnostic criteria for the syndrome as defined below. (references)

The panel agrees that on the basis of available studies, IVIG administered as a single dose of 2 g/kg is effective therapy for patients who fulfill the diagnostic criteria for Kawasaki syndrome. (references)

Business

France Telecom is looking for opportunities to fulfill its global expansion strategy. (references)

This minimum requirement is difficult to fulfill given the problem that locally available cranes have a 50-meter limit. (references)

Before any new seed species is allowed to be planted for commercial purposes in Germany, it needs to fulfill the standards of the Saatgutverkehrsgesetz. (references)

Children

Luxembourg

The quotas are fixed according to the total number of employees; employers who do not fulfill them are subject to sizable monthly fines. (references)

Lebanon

During 2000 Parliament passed amendments to the law on persons with disabilities which stipulate that at least 3 percent of all government and private sector positions should be filled by persons with disabilities, provided that such persons fulfill the qualifications of the position. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cote d'Ivoire

Because domestic television is controlled by the Government, the NCAC is unable to fulfill its mandate at times. (references)

Economic History

Spain

Therefore, they use mail order to fulfill their consumer needs. (references)

Maldives

Food & Beverage: The Maldives relies on imports to fulfill most of its food requirements. (references)

Colombia

Retransmissions of local production are calculated to fulfill only part of the national content requirement. (references)

Human Rights

Uzbekistan

Judges may be removed for crimes or failure to fulfill their obligations. (references)

Pakistan

According to the Government's Commission of Inquiry for Women, the stations do not function independently or fulfill their purpose. (references)

Eritrea

Those who were deemed unfit for military training by a military medical board were released; the others were required to fulfill their national service obligations. (references)

Indigenous People

Honduras

Indigenous groups continued to charge that the Government had failed to fulfill its commitments under the 1997 agreement. (references)

Minorities

Hungary

Other groups may petition the Speaker of Parliament for inclusion if they believe that they fulfill the requirements. (references)

India

Members of each caste--and frequently each subcaste--are expected to fulfill a specific set of duties (known as dharma) in order to secure elevation to a higher caste through rebirth. (references)

Political Economy

Iraq

Military and paramilitary forces often fulfill an internal security role. (references)

UKRAINE

Rules governing geographic indications are still believed to be inadequate to fulfill the WTO's TRIPs agreement. (references)

TAIWAN

Taiwan has been lowering tariffs significantly in recent years, both as part of its effort to accede to the WTO as well as to fulfill other policy objectives. (references)

Political Rights

Greece

Municipalities may refuse to register Roma who do not fulfill basic residency requirements, which many Roma have trouble meeting. (references)

Suriname

In the past, most women were expected to fulfill the roles of housewife and mother, thereby limiting opportunities to gain political experience or position. (references)

Trade

Argentina

No other organizations fulfill these functions in Argentina. (references)

Travel

Mexico

Hotels and business restaurants in general cater to foreign visitors and fulfill all sanitary requirements. (references)

Women

Malaysia

In 1999 Malaysian Trade Union Congress President Zainal Rampak urged trade unions to fulfill the ILO policy of filling 30 percent of leadership positions with women. (references)

Worker Rights

Indonesia

Workers in industries that produce retail goods for export frequently work overtime to fulfill contract quotas. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "fulfill": fulfill oneself ♦ see fulfill. Additional references.

Albanian

plotësoj (amplify, appease, complement, complete, consummate, draw, fill, fill in, fill up, flesh, fulfil, grant, gratify, indulge, make good, make out, make up, meet, perfect, perform, process, realize, refill, replenish, satisfy, supplement, supply), përmbush (accomplish, consummate, execute, fill, fulfil, gratify, perform), përfundoj (accomplish, bring closer, button up, clinch, close, come out, complete, conclude, determine, do, end, finalize, finish, finish off, fulfil, lapse, perfect, push through, put through, reason, result, terminate, touch up, transact, wear), kryej (accomplish, achieve, act, carry out, carry through, commit, despatch, discharge, dispatch, do, effect, effectuate, execute, face it out, fill, fulfil, perfect, perform, process, prosecute, put through, wage). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مارس (carry out, engage in, execute, exercise, fulfil, march, operate, perform, practice, pursue, set one's hand to), ‏نفذ (act, activate, be executed, carry into effect, carry out, come true, commit, computerize, do, effect, effectuate, enforce, execute, fill, fulfil, honor, honour, implement, invoke, penetrate, percolate, perform, permeate, petering, pierce, practise, proceed, pursue, put into effect, realize, transfix, traverse), ‏نجز (accomplish, achieve, be executed, compass, complete, do, encompass, execute, finalize, finish, fulfil, gain, get hold of, get on, implement, negotiate, perfect, perform, polish off, pull off, put across, realize), ‏وفى ب (fulfil, redeem, satisfy), ‏حقق (achieve, attain, check, consummate, effectuate, fulfil, get on, implement, inquire, obtain, prize, probe, produce, quest, realize, search closely, see, slate, take, work out), ‏أنهى (call a halt, close, complete, compose, conclude, cut, determine, dissolve, do, end, finish, fulfil, last, last out, round off, terminate, top, wind up, wrap up), ‏أتم (accomplish, achieve, cap, compass, consummate, fulfil, negotiate, perfect, realize, round off), ‏أدى (bring, bring about, conduct, do, execute, fulfil, function, give rise to, go, perform, put on, result). (various references)

Bulgarian 

осъществявам (accomplish, achieve, carry into effect, carry through, embody, fulfil, implement, incarnate, instrument, materialize, put into effect, realize), отговарям (accord, account, answer, correspond, fit, match, rejoin, replicate, reply, respond, retort, vouch), оправдавам (acquit, authorise, authorize, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, justify, legitimate, purge, sanctify, vindicate, warrant), задоволявам (answer, cater for, content, cover, fulfil, gratify, indulge, please, salve, satisfy, serve, slake, suffice, suit), изявявам се (fulfil), изпълнявам (accomplish, accord, act up to, carry into effect, carry out, complete, effectuate, execute, exercise, fill, fulfil, handle, implement, make up, perform, play, practise, pursue, put into effect, put through, redeem, satisfy, verify). (various references)

Chinese 

履行 (carry out). (various references)

Czech

vyplnit (complete, fill, fill in, fill out, fulfil), splnit (accomplish, carry out, discharge, fulfil, implement, keep, perform, redeem, satisfy), splòovat (fulfil). (various references)

Danish

for at opnaa dette,maa de anvendte haerdetemperaturer ligge saa naer som muligt ved temperaturen for begyndende smeltning af ledeburitten (in order to fulfill these conditions, the quenching temperatures a/e as near to the solidus temperature of the ledeburite as possible). (various references)

Dutch

om aan deze eisen te voldoen moet de temperatuur die voor het harden wordt gebruikt zo dicht mogelijk bij de smelttemperatuur van het ledeburiet liggen (in order to fulfill these conditions, the quenching temperatures a/e as near to the solidus temperature of the ledeburite as possible). (various references)

Finnish

täyttää (carry out, execute, fill, fill in, fulfil, stop, stuff, up). (various references)

French

respecter, réaliser (fulfil), exécuter. (various references)

German

verwirklichen (actualize, make come true, put into effect, realize, satisfy, to actualize, to realize, translate into action, turn into a reality), nachkommen (carry out, come after, come later, come on, comply with, descendants, follow, follow on, honor, honour, keep, keep up, obey, progeny, satisfy), genügen (be enough, be sufficient, satisfy, suffice), erfüllen (accomplish, achieve, carry out, carry through, come up to, comply, comply with, discharge, fill, fill in, fill up, fulfil, imbue, implement, impregnate, inform, keep, make, meet, observe, perform, pervade, preoccupy, prepossess, redeem, satisfy, serve, to comply, transfuse), entsprechen (answer, be convenient, be correct, be in accordance with, befit, come up to, comply, comply with, conform, correlate, correspond, correspond to, equal, fit, live up to, match, meet, to comply, to conform, to correlate, to correspond), einlösen (cash, cash in, encash, honor, honour, redeem, to cash, to redeem). (various references)

Greek 

ικανοποιώ (content, gratify, indulge, sate, satisfy, suffice), εκπληρώνω (fulfil). (various references)

Hebrew 

למלא (complete, fill, fill up, pervade, satisfy, stuff), לקים (affirm, attest, conform, keep, maintain, sustain), לעשות (accomplish, act, create, do, execute, labour, make, manage, produce, work), ל�"�'שים (carry out, consummate, implement, materialize, realize). (various references)

Hungarian

végrehajt (accomplish, carry out, effect, enforce, execute, fulfil, implement, perform, prosecute, pull off, realize, to accomplish, to bring into effect, to bring to effect, to carry out, to consummate, to effect, to effectuate, to execute, to fulfil, to implement, to perform, to realize, work out), teljesít (accomplish, achieve, comply, consummate, fulfil, implement, keep, observe, perform, satisfy, to accomplish, to carry out, to comply with, to deliver the goods, to follow the sea, to fulfil, to get through, to implement, to make good, to perform, to vouchsafe, vouchsafe), eleget tesz (content, fulfil, to acquit, to comply with, to content, to fulfil, to fulfill, to grant, to gratify). (various references)

Indonesian

menunaikan (accomplish one's task, carry out, cash), menggenapi (complement, make complete), mencukupi (be sufficient, make up a lack, suffice). (various references)

Italian

soddisfare (comply, content, discharge, fulfil, gratify, indulge, meet, please, satisfy, suit, supply), realizzare (accomplish, achieve, actualize, carry out, clear, come off, come true, fulfil, fulfil oneself, fulfill oneself, implement, realise, realize, to realise), eseguire (accomplish, achieve, act, carry out, do, execute, fulfil, give, keep, observe, perform), esaudire (fulfil, grant), compiere (accomplish, achieve, carry out, carry through, come true, complete, discharge, do, effect, encompass, end, exert, fill, finish, fulfil, have, implement, keep, make, observe, perform), appagare (be satisfied, fulfil, indulge, satisfy), adempiere (accomplish, carry out, fill, fulfil, perform). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

全う (accomplish, complete, preserve, proper, respectable). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

まっとう (accomplish, complete, preserve, proper, respectable). (various references)

Korean 

성취하십시�". (various references)

Pig Latin

ulfillfay

Portuguese

fazer (achieve, act, bows, cause, create, do, effect, fulfil, make, making, manufacture, perform, produce, render, to do, to make, wage), realizar (accomplish, achieve, actualize, attain, celebrate, consummate, create, do, effect, execute, fulfil, materialize, perform, produce, realize, render, transact, work out), executar (achieve, carry out, consummate, despatch, dispatch, effect, execute, fulfil, implement, obey, paint, perform), cumprir (abide by, accomplish, achieve, carry out, comply with, fulfil, implement, keep, obey, observe, perform, satisfy), completar (accomplish, cap, complement, complete, fill, fill in, fill up, finish off, fulfil, implement, integrate, piece, round, supplement). (various references)

Russian 

осуществлять (actualize, be under way, bring into action, bring into effect, bring into play, bring to pass, call into action, call into play, carry into life, compass, effectuate, enforce, enforcing, exercise, materialize, proceed, put into effect, put into practice, realize), исполнять (answer, comply, do, execute, fill, fulfil, perform, verify). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zadovoljiti (gratify, indulge, please, satisfy, suit, supply), ispuniti (carry out, cope, fill up, fulfil, grout, implement, realize, replenish, stand by, stuff). (various references)

Spanish

cumplir (accomplish, become, carry out, comply, discharge, do, execute, fulfil, keep, make good, obey, observe, perform, redeem, satisfy, serve, stand by). (various references)

Swedish

fullgöra (carry out, execute, fulfil, perform), fullborda (accomodate, accomplish, complete, consummate, end, finalize, finish, fulfil, terminate), utföra (accomplish, achieve, bring to pass, carry into effect, do, execute, export, fulfil, implement, perform), uppfylla (answer, carry out, comply with, discharge, fill, fill in, fill up, fulfil, imbue, live up to, meet, perform, satisfy), infria (fulfil, redeem). (various references)

Thai

สมหวัง. (various references)

Turkish

yerine getirmek (accomplish, acquit oneself, answer, carry through, complete, discharge, execute, fulfil, implement, make good, meet, observe, perform, put in force, redeem, satisfy, serve, settle, stick to), yapmak (accomplish, achieve, acquit oneself, act, architect, build, carry out, carve out, contrive, create, do, engineer, establish, execute, fashion, father, fulfil, get, go over, go through, have, implement, land, make, perform, perpetrate, ply, practice, practise, produce, profess, put on, put through, set, take, transact, turn out, weave), uygulamak (administer, apply, carry out, complete, deploy, dispense, enforce, exercise, exert, fulfil, impart, implement, perform, practise, put into practice, realize), tamamlamak (bring to completion, button up, catch up on, clear up, complement, complete, consummate, do, eke out, finalize, finish, fulfil, go through with, implement, integrate, perfect, round off, round out, serve out, supplement, take up, work off, work up), karşılamak (answer, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, fulfil, greet, make amends, meet, provide, provision, receive, recompense, recoup, redress, satisfy, supply, take, welcome), gidermek (allay, appease, avert, clear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, efface, eliminate, fulfil, gratify, iron out, obviate, quench, remove, repair, resolve, satisfy, slake, smooth away, smooth out, supply), bitirmek (break up, bring to an end, bring to completion, call it off, carry through, cease, clean up, clear off, close, complete, conclude, consume, deplete, drink, end, end off, exhaust, expend, fetch up, finish, fulfil, get through, graduate, leave off, make an end of, play out, point, polish off, put a stop to, put an end to, put through, round out, run out, sign off, snuff out, swallow up, terminate, use up, wind up, work off, wrap it up). (various references)

Welsh

cyflawni (accomplish, achieve, commit, perform), cwblhau (accomplish, achieve, complete, finish). (various references)

adimpleantur, adimpleatur, adimplebis, adimplebit, adimplebitis, adimplebitur, adimpleo, adimpleretur, adimplet, adimpleta, adimpletae, adimpleti, adimpletum, adimpletur, adimpletus, adimplevit, conpleam, conpleamus, conpleas, conpleat, conpleatur, conplebant, conplebantur, conplebis, conplebit, conplebitur, conplebo, conplebunt, conplebuntur, conplens, conplent, conplentes, conplerentur, conpleret, conpleretur, conplessent, conplesset, conplesti, conpleta, conpletae, conpletam, conplete, conpleti, conpletis, conpletum, conpleturus, conpletus, conpleverat, conpleverint, conpleveris, conpleverit, conplevero, conpleverunt, conplevit, conplevitque, exsequor, imple, impleam, impleamini, impleamur, impleamus, impleant, impleantque, impleantur, implearis, impleas, impleat, impleatis, impleatque, impleatur, implebant, implebat, implebimus, implebis, implebit, implebitis, implebitur, implebo, implebor, implebunt, implebuntur, implens, implent, implentes, impleo, implere, implerem, implerent, implerentur, impleret, impleretur, impleri, imples, implesset, implesti, implestis, implet, impleta, impletae, implete, impleti, impletique, impletis, impletisque, impletum, impletur, impletus, impleverant, impleverat, impleverint, impleveris, impleverit, implevero, impleverunt, implevi, implevimus, implevit, implevitque, praesta, praestabant, praestabat, praestabit, praestabo, praestans, praestant, praestare, praestares, praestaret, praestas, praestat, praestate, praestatis, praestatur, praestes, praestet, praestiterit, praestiterunt, praestiti, praestitisset, praestitisti, praestitit, praestititque, praesto, praesto presto, praestoque. (various references)

varez-. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "fulfill": fulfilled, fulfiller, fulfillers, fulfilling, fulfillment, fulfillments, fulfills. (additional references)

Words ending with "fulfill": overfulfill. (additional references)

Words containing "fulfill": nonfulfillment, nonfulfillments, overfulfilled, overfulfilling, overfulfills, unfulfillable, unfulfilled. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Fulfill" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fufill, fulfil, fullfil, fullfill, furfill, uffill. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: fulfil.

-3 letters: fill, full, luff, lull.

-4 letters: fil, flu, iff, ill.

-5 letters: if, li.

+1 letter: fulfills.

+2 letters: fulfilled, fulfiller.

+3 letters: fulfillers, fulfilling.

+4 letters: fulfillment, overfulfill, unfulfilled.

+5 letters: fulfillments, overfulfills.

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