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fulfill

especially British, �ڳܱ�·�ھ��

[fool-fil]

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verb (used with object)

fulfilled, fulfilling

to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
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to perform or do, as duty; obey or follow, as commands.
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to satisfy (requirements, obligations, etc.).
a book that fulfills a long-felt need.
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to bring to an end; finish or complete, as a period of time.
He felt that life was over when one had fulfilled his threescore years and ten.
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to develop the full potential of (usually used reflexively).
She realized that she could never fulfill herself in such work.

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Other Word Forms

fulfiller noun
overfulfill verb (used with object)
prefulfill verb (used with object)
superfulfill verb (used with object)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fulfill¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English fulfillen, Old English fulfyllan. See full ¹, fill

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Incensed by what he saw as the government’s failure to fulfill its promise to arrest and deport immigrants in the country illegally, he “eviscerated everyone,” according to one official who spoke to the Washington Examiner.

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On Friday, Scott said a second major title would "go a long way" in fulfilling himself.

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Fishkin draws on the deliberative aspects of Madison’s design, along with the Athenian model of democracy — which involved multiple deliberative bodies fulfilling different functions — as inspirational guideposts.

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Jason Houser, who was ICE’s chief of staff under the Biden administration, said law enforcement agents, when given quotas, will always find the easiest way to fulfill them.

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I respect how she writes women who fear that their hearts run too cold to ever feel truly fulfilled.

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