Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: fulfill
IPA transcription: [fʊlf'ɪl]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: carry_through, accomplish, execute, carry_out, action, fulfill, fulfil
    Meaning: put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
  • Synonyms: satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live_up_to
    Meaning: meet the requirements or expectations of
  • Synonyms: meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
    Meaning: fill or meet a want or need
Usage examples
  • Now it is time to fulfill my promise of punishment.
  • He had only to express a wish and Natasha would jump up and run to fulfill it.
  • "Well, but then you will not be able to fulfill your commission," said d'Artagnan.
  • And though we may not all see, before we die, all that Ella saw, if we love Jesus and do what he asks us to, he will surely fulfill to each of us his promise: "I go to prepare a place for you.
  • How is it possible that a government half supplied and always necessitous, can fulfill the purposes of its institution, can provide for the security, advance the prosperity, or support the reputation of the commonwealth?
  • Why I work only for my sister, I have no interest in life but to fulfill my duties toward her, as being the oldest child, I promised our blessed mother I would." Or a woman says of her dream, "You mean to say that I wish my husband were dead!
  • This property thus destroyed had been accumulated and constructed with laborious care and skillful ingenuity during a course of years to fulfill one of the objects of the Constitution, which was expressed in these words, "To provide for the common defense" (see Preamble of the Constitution).