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- [foo l-fil-muh nt]
- /fʊlˈfɪl mənt/
- /fʊlˈfɪl.mənt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [foo l-fil-muh nt]
- /fʊlˈfɪl mənt/
Definitions of fulfilment word
- noun fulfilment the act or state of fulfilling: to witness the fulfillment of a dream; to achieve fulfillment of one's hopes. 1
- noun fulfilment the state or quality of being fulfilled; completion; realization: a vague plan that had no hope of fulfillment. 1
- noun fulfilment the process or business of handling and executing customer orders, as packing, shipping, or processing checks. 1
- noun fulfilment The act of fulfilling. 1
- uncountable noun fulfilment Fulfilment is a feeling of satisfaction that you get from doing or achieving something, especially something useful. 0
- uncountable noun fulfilment The fulfilment of a promise, threat, request, hope, or duty is the event or act of it happening or being made to happen. 0
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Origin of fulfilment
First appearance:
before 1765 One of the 46% newest English words
First recorded in 1765-75; fulfill + -ment
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Parts of speech for Fulfilment
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fulfilment popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fulfilment
noun fulfilment
- contentment — Contentment is a feeling of quiet happiness and satisfaction.
- serenity — the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil; sereneness.
- self-actualization — the achievement of one's full potential through creativity, independence, spontaneity, and a grasp of the real world.
- nirvana — (often initial capital letter). Pali nibbana. Buddhism. freedom from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations, with their consequent suffering, as a result of the extinction of individual passion, hatred, and delusion: attained by the Arhat as his goal but postponed by the Bodhisattva.
- satisfaction — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
Antonyms for fulfilment
noun fulfilment
- dissatisfaction — the state or attitude of not being satisfied; discontent; displeasure.
- failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- forfeit — a fine; penalty.
- disappointment — Cape, a cape in SW Washington state, projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the N of the mouth of the Columbia River.
- frustration — act of frustrating; state of being frustrated: the frustration of the president's efforts.
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