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FULFILL

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Irregular inflected forms: fulfilled    , fulfilling   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction

Example:

meet a need

Synonyms:

conform to; fill; fit; fulfil; fulfill; meet; satisfy

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "fulfill" is one way to...):

cater; ply; provide; supply (give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fulfill"):

answer (be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of)

appease; quell; stay (overcome or allay)

content (satisfy in a limited way)

feed on; feed upon (be sustained by)

allay; assuage; quench; slake (satisfy (thirst))

fill the bill; fit the bill (be what is needed or be good enough for what is required)

fulfil; fulfill; live up to; satisfy (meet the requirements or expectations of)

accommodate; fit; suit (be agreeable or acceptable to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

fulfillment (a feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put in effect

Example:

He actioned the operation

Synonyms:

accomplish; action; carry out; carry through; execute; fulfil; fulfill

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "fulfill" is one way to...):

complete; finish (come or bring to a finish or an end)

effect; effectuate; set up (produce)

Verb group:

carry out; follow out; follow through; follow up; go through with; implement; put through (pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fulfill"):

get over (to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end)

run (carry out)

consummate (make perfect; bring to perfection)

consummate (fulfill sexually)

do; perform (get (something) done)

complete; discharge; dispatch (complete or carry out)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

fulfillment (the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Meet the requirements or expectations of

Synonyms:

fulfil; fulfill; live up to; satisfy

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "fulfill" is one way to...):

conform to; fill; fit; fulfil; fulfill; meet; satisfy (fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fulfill"):

answer; do; serve; suffice (be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity)

cover (provide for)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

fulfillment (the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc))

Credits

 Context examples: 

But such is not my destiny; I must pursue and destroy the being to whom I gave existence; then my lot on earth will be fulfilled and I may die.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Coming as he did from such a purport fulfilled as had taken him away, he would have expected anything rather than a look of satisfaction, and words of simple, pleasant meaning.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Be excited—everything about your big year, 2021, when you will be the celestial favorite, will be new and will be a force to help you fulfill your greatest dreams and your destiny.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

An Epstein-Barr positive lymphoproliferation fulfilling the criteria for classical Hodgkin lymphoma and arising as a result of post-transplant immunosuppression therapy.

(Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma Type Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Disorder is not a myeloid dysplasia [if a disorder satisfied criterion 1 for myeloid proliferation (non-reactive) but also fulfills criteria for myeloid dysplasia the diagnosis of myeloid dysplasia should be applied].

(Mouse Myeloid Proliferation, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

The clonal cellular infiltrates fulfill the criteria for any of the T-cell or natural killer cell lymphomas.

(Monomorphic T/NK-Cell Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients in whom some, but not all, the criteria for partial response are fulfilled are classified as minimal response (MR), provided the remaining criteria satisfy the requirements for minimal response.

(Minimal Response of Multiple Myeloma, NCI Thesaurus)

To fulfill this mission, the American Diabetes Association funds research, publishes scientific findings, provides information and other services to people with diabetes, their families, health professionals and the public.

(American Diabetes Association, NCI Thesaurus)

Functional Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis (FAMS) General Contentment: My work (include work at home) is fulfilling.

(FAMS - My Work is Fulfilling, NCI Thesaurus)

This way the lymphocytes can communicate with each other in the lymphatic system and search for foreign compounds after their recirculation to the bloodstream, thus fulfilling their role in the immune system.

(Lymphocyte Adhesion Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)