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fulfil

[fool-fil]

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verb (used with object), -filled, -fil·ling.

fulfill.

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For me nothing remains but to await with patience and fulfil with punctuality whatsoever may be ordered.

Once you've signed the offer letter/contract you have put yourself on the line to fulfil what you have promised.

Those who fulfil the conditions should be allowed to go first,” he says.

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For me nothing remains but to await with patience and fulfil with punctuality whatsoever may be ordered.

Once you've signed the offer letter/contract you have put yourself on the line to fulfil what you have promised.

Those who fulfil the conditions should be allowed to go first,” he says.

Life's purpose is ours to decide and ours to fulfil.

Any pedal-powered commuting machine worth its salt has to fulfil a few basic criteria.

The villa is designed to fulfil the needs of comfortable.

As long as you fulfil your legitimate duties, you're fine.

And this week the lashed-up contraption he hoped would fulfil his promise to the voters exploded in his face.

In the first place he thought that children were condemned to fulfil that portion of a parent's life left undone.

Accept the need to be excited about something and fulfil it in other ways.

If a country sells itself as business friendly, it needs to fulfil its promises.

Some people then spend their lives trying to fulfil that myth and end up sorely disappointed.

He has done next to nothing to fulfil repeated promises of greater democracy within the party.

Turkey further expedited its reform process in order to fulfil the criteria needed to start the accession negotiations.

The trouble is that in trying to fulfil its dirigiste aspirations in the first.

Tablets are expensive, and it will be some years before they are widespread enough to fulfil their promise.

It said that the firm did not fulfil professional responsibilities in audits of the company's financial statements.

Even when they were switched on, nuclear-power stations did not fulfil their promise.

We do not knpow which security standars they will fulfil nor what the electricity they produce will cost the consumer.

Whether he can fulfil his immense potential remains to be seen.

The consequence is that the state is soon unable to fulfil the demands on.

There is great hope amongst biologists that new science will fulfil the age-old dream of prolonging youth.

All students must fulfil requirements in ethics, law, writing and internationalism.

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fulfil or fulfill (fʊlˈfɪl)

—vb , (US) -fils, -fills, -filling, -filled
1.	to bring about the completion or achievement of (a desire, promise, etc)
2.	to carry out or execute (a request, etc)
3.	to conform with or satisfy (regulations, demands, etc)
4.	to finish or reach the end of: he fulfilled his prison sentence
5.	fulfil oneself to achieve one's potential or desires

[Old English fulfyllan]

fulfill or fulfill

—vb

[Old English fulfyllan]

ful'filler or fulfill

—n

ful'filment or fulfill

—n

ful'fillment or fulfill

—n

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fulfil

see fulfill. Related: fulfilment.

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