FULFILLING

FULFILL

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

(verb) fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction; ā€œdoes this paper meet the requirements for the degree?ā€; ā€œThis job doesnā€™t match my dreamsā€; ā€œmeet a needā€

satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live up to

(verb) meet the requirements or expectations of

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

fulfilling (comparative more fulfilling, superlative most fulfilling)

Which causes fulfilment; emotionally or artistically satisfying.

Verb

fulfilling

present participle of fulfill

present participle of fulfil

Noun

fulfilling (plural fulfillings)

fulfilment

Absolute promises have therefore a sufficiency in themselves to bring about their own fulfillings; the conditional have not so.

Source: Wiktionary


FULFILL

Ful*fill", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fulfilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fulfilling.] Etym: [OE. fulfillen, fulfullen, AS. fulfyllan; ful full + fyllan to fill. See Full, a., and Fill, v. t.] [Written also fulfil.]

1. To fill up; to make full or complete. [Obs.] "Fulfill her week" Gen. xxix. 27. Suffer thou that the children be fulfilled first, for it is not good to take the bread of children and give to hounds. Wyclif (Mark vii. 27).

2. To accomplish or carry into effect, as an intention, promise, or prophecy, a desire, prayer, or requirement, etc.; to complete by performance; to answer the requisitions of; to bring to pass, as a purpose or design; to effectuate. He will, fulfill the desire of them fear him. Ps. cxlv. 199. Here Nature seems fulfilled in all her ends. Milton. Servants must their masters' minds fulfill. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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