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

  • (..) clambering over each other to stay in the sun. You can watch me torture an entire city. And then, when you have truly understood the depth of your failure... we will fulfill Ra's Al Ghul's destiny. We will destroy Gotham. And then, when it is done... and Gotham is... ashes... (..)
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises
  • (..) Members of the League of Shadows. And you betrayed us. "Us"? You were excommunicated... by a gang of psychopaths. I am the League of Shadows. And I'm here to fulfill Ra's Al Ghul's destiny. You fight like a younger man. Nothing held back. Admirable... but mistaken. (..)
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises