fulfill

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb put in effect
  2. verb meet the requirements or expectations of
  3. verb fill or meet a want or need

Etymology

From Middle English fulfillen, from Old English fullfyllan (“to fill full”). By surface analysis, full- + fill.

In classic literature

Synonyms

carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfil

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