noun
fulfilment
fuul-FIHL-muhnt
noun
1
The act of completing or carrying out something, such as a promise or duty.
"The fulfilment of the peace agreement took years."
2
A deep feeling of satisfaction from having your needs or ambitions met.
"She found fulfilment in raising her children."
"True fulfilment rarely comes from money alone."
3
The business process of packaging and shipping orders to customers.
"The company outsources fulfilment to a third-party warehouse."
How to Use Fulfilment
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishCompleting something, or the satisfaction of having done so; also the shipping side of e-commerce.
UK vs US
British spelling; American English uses "fulfillment."
Common pairings
personal fulfilment
order fulfilment
sense of fulfilment
Word Forms
fulfilments plural
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Etymology
From Old English full ("full") + fyllan ("to fill"); the noun form of fulfill.