to fulfil a promise

  • 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 …

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  • 2fulfil — 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… …

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  • 3fulfil — (BrE) (AmE fulfill) verb ADVERB ▪ really ▪ completely ▪ not quite ▪ The movie doesn t quite fulfil its promise. ▪ Turkey is a market th …

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  • 4fulfil */*/ — 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… …

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  • 5promise — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 statement that you will do sth ADJECTIVE ▪ big ▪ He makes all kinds of big promises he has little intention of keeping. ▪ rash ▪ broken, unfulfilled …

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  • 6fulfil — [[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… …

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  • 7fulfil — 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 …

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  • 8promise — prom|ise1 W2S2 [ˈprɔmıs US ˈpra: ] v 1.) [I and T] to tell someone that you will definitely do or provide something or that something will happen ▪ Last night the headmaster promised a full investigation. promise to do sth ▪ She s promised to do… …

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  • 9promise */*/*/ — I UK [ˈprɒmɪs] / US [ˈprɑmɪs] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms promise : present tense I/you/we/they promise he/she/it promises present participle promising past tense promised past participle promised 1) to tell someone that you will… …

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  • 10fulfil — Fulfill Ful*fill , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fulfilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fulfilling}.] [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… …

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