fulfil — ful‧fil [fʊlˈfɪl] , fulfill verb fulfilled PTandPP fulfilling PRESPART [transitive] 1. if a hope, promise etc is fulfilled, the thing that you had hoped for, promised etc happens or is done … Financial and business terms
fulfil — (US fulfill) ► VERB (fulfilled, fulfilling) 1) achieve or realize (something desired, promised, or predicted). 2) satisfy or meet (a requirement or condition). 3) (fulfil oneself) gain happiness or satisfaction by fully achieving one s potential … English terms dictionary
fulfil — see FULFILL (Cf. fulfill). Related: fulfilment … Etymology dictionary
fulfil — is the BrE spelling; in AmE it alternates with fulfill. The inflections in both varieties are fulfilled, fulfilling … Modern English usage
fulfil */*/ — UK [fʊlˈfɪl] / US verb [transitive] Word forms fulfil : present tense I/you/we/they fulfil he/she/it fulfils present participle fulfilling past tense fulfilled past participle fulfilled Get it right: fulfil: The verb fulfil has only one l in the… … English dictionary
fulfil — ful|fil W3S3 BrE fulfill AmE [fulˈfıl] v past tense and past participle fulfilled present participle fulfilling [T] [: Old English; Origin: fullfyllan] 1.) if you fulfil a hope, wish, or aim, you achieve the thing that you hoped for, wished for… … Dictionary of contemporary English
fulfil — BrE, fulfill AmE /fUl fIl/ verb (T) 1 if a hope, promise, wish etc is fulfilled, the thing that you had hoped, promised, wanted etc happens or is done: Visiting Disneyland has fulfilled a boyhood dream. | Eisenhower finally fulfilled his election … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fulfil — (BrE) (AmE fulfill) verb ADVERB ▪ really ▪ completely ▪ not quite ▪ The movie doesn t quite fulfil its promise. ▪ Turkey is a market th … Collocations dictionary
fulfil — [[t]fʊlfɪ̱l[/t]] ♦♦♦ fulfils, fulfilling, fulfilled (in AM and sometimes in BRIT, use fulfill, fulfills) 1) VERB If you fulfil something such as a promise, dream, or hope, you do what you said or hoped you would do. [V n] President Kaunda… … English dictionary
fulfil — [fʊlˈfɪl] verb [T] 1) to do a particular job, or to have a particular purpose The bus really fulfils a need for this community.[/ex] The sports centre fulfils a necessary role in this town.[/ex] 2) to reach a particular standard or have the… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
fulfil — proclamation (Mark 1:15) that ‘the time is fulfilled’ means that the time appointed by God has now arrived, and Paul expresses the same idea: ‘when the fulness of time had come’ (Gal. 4:4). The gospel of Matt. frequently observes that an event… … Dictionary of the Bible
