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Grammar : Verb
Spell : fool-fil
Phonetic Transcription : fʊlˈfɪl



Definition of fulfill

Origin :
  • 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.
  • verb bring to completion
Example sentences :
  • These hopes that we have helped to inspire, we can help to fulfill.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • I shall not be able to fulfill my engagements for to-night, so it really does not matter.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • She was probably bold enough and hardy enough to fulfill her mission.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • And then Keziah began to fulfill her agreement with Dr. Parker.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • To promise, however, is one thing, to fulfill the obligation another.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • Your wishes, however, no one will fulfill without deceiving you.
  • Extract from : « Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit) » by Frank Wedekind
  • What changes will be necessary in order that they may fulfill it better?
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • He was one of the first to answer to his own call, to fulfill his own prediction.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. » by Various
  • He made no secret promises, none at all that he did not intend to fulfill.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • Hers is a wonderful mission, and she is surely about to fulfill it.
  • Extract from : « A Woman who went to Alaska » by May Kellogg Sullivan

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