Fulfill Meaning
/fʊlˈfɪl/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
verbTo emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest.
Sentence Examples
Try to fulfill your duty.
I was determined to fulfill my duties at any cost.
CEFR Practice Quiz
He promised to ____ his duties as captain of the team.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The company promised to ____ all the orders within three business days to ensure customer satisfaction.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English fulfillen, from Old English fullfyllan (“to fill full”). By surface analysis, full- + fill.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Japanese retail stores have strove to, and have succeeded in, fulfilling these severe demands, and in doing so, have constantly had to innovate both technologically and institutionally in order to keep up with the competition."
— 2013 February 6, Hideo Otake, “Revising the Interpretation of the Japanese Economy”, in Michio Muramatsu, Frieder Naschold, editors, State and Administration in Japan and Germany: A Comparative Perspective on Continuity and Change, page 319:
"The silence which benumbs or strains the sense
Fulfils with awe the soul's despair unweeping"
— 1870, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He promised to ____ his duties as captain of the team.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The company promised to ____ all the orders within three business days to ensure customer satisfaction.