Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Verb: fulfill  fûl'fil
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: fulfil)
  1. Cause to happen; complete successfully
    "She fulfilled her promise to graduate";
    - carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfil [Brit, Cdn]
     
  2. Meet the requirements or expectations of
    "She fulfilled her reputation as a brilliant scientist";
    - satisfy, fulfil [Brit, Cdn], live up to
     
  3. Obtain something that is wanted, needed or required
    "does this paper fulfill the requirements for the degree?";
    - fit, conform to, meet, satisfy, fill, fulfil [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: fulfilling, fulfills

Type of: cater, complete, effect, effectuate, finish, provide, put up, set up, supply

Encyclopedia: Fulfill