fulfill

Definition

  • verb: to do what is required by (something, such as a promise or a contract)
  • verb: to make full
  • synonyms: fill, effectuate

Examples

  • With the money she earned in the stock market, she was finally able to 'fulfill' her dreams. [=she was finally able to do the things she had always dreamed of doing]

  • Their vacation failed to 'fulfill' their expectations. [=their vacation was not as good as they expected it to be]

  • The committee was disbanded after it had 'fulfilled' its purpose. [=after it had done what it was intended to do]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) The way is shut. It was made by those who are dead. And the Dead keep it. The way is shut. Now you must die. I summon you to fulfill your oath. None but the king of Gondor may command me. That line was broken. It has been remade. Fight for us... (..)
    2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • (..) on their own lands. So it is before the walls of Minas Tirith... Now is the hour. Riders of Rohan, oaths you have taken. Now, fulfill them all. To lord and land! Hyah! Faramir! We can't hold them. The city is lost. Tell the men to break cover. We ride for Minas Tirith. (..)
    2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King