Definitions

fulfill

[fool-fil] / fʊlˈfɪl /

VERB

bring to completion

Synonyms

STRONG

accomplish achieve answer conclude conform discharge do effect effectuate execute fill finish implement keep meet obey observe perfect perform please realize render satisfy score suffice suit

WEAK

be just the ticket carry out comply with fill the bill hit the bull's-eye make it make the grade

Antonyms

STRONG

abandon bear begin cancel commence destroy fail give up halt lose miss neglect overlook refuse start

Example Sentences

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Fulfill your obligation to cancel emergency declarations that are no longer necessary.

From Washington Times • Mar. 6, 2019

Rather than wrestling with you to Fulfill my Selfish Needs & Satiate My Insecurities.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2018

Marking the new addition are banners festooning lampposts that read: "Forget not the nation's shame. Fulfill the China Dream."

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2016

"Fulfill all your duties, action is better than inaction," Zed said.

From US News • Mar. 3, 2015

There is nothing that hallows my mind, meseems, Like the night with its moon and its stars above; 'Tis a mystical lily whose golden gleams Fulfill my being with love.

From A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems by Cawein, Madison Julius

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