Fulfilment definition

The act of fulfilling.
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The state or quality of being fulfilled; completion; realization.
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Noun

Singular:
fulfilment
Plural:
fulfilments

Origin of fulfilment

  • Middle English fulfillen, from Old English fullfyllan, from full (“full") + fyllan (“to fill")

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Fulfilment Sentence Examples

  • He is obliged to give a guarantee for the fulfilment of his engagements.

  • In Christ, however, was the fulfilment of law and prophecy.

  • Finally, it should be noted that, amid the failure of the national aims which the Directory and Bonaparte set forth, his own desires received a startlingly complete fulfilment.

  • The question of reform having arisen, from the apostolic see alone could its fulfilment be expected, since in it, with the succession of St Peter, were preserved the most august traditions of Christianity.

  • The presence and power of His Spirit, the spread of His Gospel, the progress of His kingdom have been as much a fulfilment of the eschatological teaching of the New Testament as His life and work on earth were a fulfilment of Messianic prophecy, for fulfilment always transcends prophecy.

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