fulfilment
English
/fʊlˈfɪl.mənt/
noun
Definitions
- The act of fulfilling.
- The state or quality of being fulfilled; completion; realization.
- The act of consummating a desire or promise.
- (business) The activities performed once an order is received to fulfill the order; packaging, distributing and shipping goods.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fulfillen inherited from Old English fullfyllan (fill full) suffix from English fulfill.
Origin
English
fulfill
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fill English
- fulfill English
- fulfillable English
- fulfiller English
- nonfulfilment English
- overfulfill English
- unfulfill English
- unfulfillment English
- unfulfilment English
- fullfyllan Old English
- fyllan Old English
- fulfillen Middle English