English terms dictionary. 2015.
fulfil — 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 … Financial and business terms
fulfil — see FULFILL (Cf. fulfill). Related: fulfilment … Etymology dictionary
fulfil — is the BrE spelling; in AmE it alternates with fulfill. The inflections in both varieties are fulfilled, fulfilling … Modern English usage
fulfil */*/ — 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… … English dictionary
fulfil — 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… … Dictionary of contemporary English
fulfil — 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 … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fulfil — (BrE) (AmE fulfill) verb ADVERB ▪ really ▪ completely ▪ not quite ▪ The movie doesn t quite fulfil its promise. ▪ Turkey is a market th … Collocations dictionary
fulfil — [[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… … English dictionary
fulfil — [fʊlˈfɪl] verb [T] 1) to do a particular job, or to have a particular purpose The bus really fulfils a need for this community.[/ex] The sports centre fulfils a necessary role in this town.[/ex] 2) to reach a particular standard or have the… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
fulfil — proclamation (Mark 1:15) that ‘the time is fulfilled’ means that the time appointed by God has now arrived, and Paul expresses the same idea: ‘when the fulness of time had come’ (Gal. 4:4). The gospel of Matt. frequently observes that an event… … Dictionary of the Bible
