fulfill
fulfill
Definition
ful·fill (fo̵ol fil′)
ful·fill′er noun
ful·fill′·ment noun or ful·fil′·ment
fulfill oneself
to realize completely one's ambitions, potentialities, etc.
fulfill
Synonyms
fulfill
v.
fulfill
Usage Examples
Object
- prophesy: The King has fulfilled the ancient prophecies of Merlin!
- promise: A young widow struggles to sustain her family, to fulfill a deathbed promise to her husband: to return them all to Scotland.
- obligation: The Sydney Olympics Organizing Committee was fined for not fulfilling these obligations.
- ambition: Anne Fenner, who is nearly 80, rode on the footplate of the WD from Holt to Sheringham, fulfilling a lifelong ambition.
- criterion: Anyone not fulfilling these criteria was liable to be removed to their original parish.
- dream: She sails the a full schedule fulfill dreams cruise.
Noun phrase with adjective complement
- such: The availability may be determined by previous conversations with the tutor or fulfilling conditions such as prerequisites.
Adjective complement
- most: By them he fulfills most of the promises, but he is still fulfilling others.
Modifying Another Word
- amply: Lambert Simnel in Ireland and crowned King These anticipations were amply fulfilled.
- personally: It also helps individuals gain the skills they need to be employable and personally fulfilled.
- spiritually: Contrary to the stereotype, using the Internet can be productive and spiritually fulfilling.
- literally: United in the land, the promise to Abram in Genesis 15: 18, will be literally fulfilled.
- thereby: Thereby fulfilling the great aim of every literary genius.
- adequately: Instruction in this discipline has for decades been based on a few classic textbooks which until now have adequately fulfilled their purpose.
Used with why or when
- when: He wants his son to marry the princess, and his dying wish is fulfilled when they accept each other.
- what: Beyond that it's hard for me to make direct comparisons as I'm now fulfilling what 's a very different role.
- where: Residence requirements cannot be fulfilled where students are resident mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.
Preposition: in
- order: The new policy provides a variety of conditions that students must fulfill in order to be granted a permit.
- future: They will be completely fulfilled in the future at his Second Coming.
Preposition: of
- law: Love is the fulfilling of the law, he says in Romans 13.
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