to fulfil
1fulfil — 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 …
2fulfil — (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 …
3fulfil a need — phrase to provide something that people need The bus really fulfils a need for this community. Thesaurus: to provide something needed or missingsynonym Main entry: fulfil …
4fulfil your potential — phrase to achieve as much as your natural ability makes possible He never really fulfilled his potential as a player. Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: fulfil …
5fulfil — see FULFILL (Cf. fulfill). Related: fulfilment …
6fulfil — is the BrE spelling; in AmE it alternates with fulfill. The inflections in both varieties are fulfilled, fulfilling …
7fulfil */*/ — 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… …
8fulfil — 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… …
9fulfil — 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 …
10fulfil — (BrE) (AmE fulfill) verb ADVERB ▪ really ▪ completely ▪ not quite ▪ The movie doesn t quite fulfil its promise. ▪ Turkey is a market th …