fulfilment

English

Alternative forms

• fulfillment (US)

Etymology

From Middle English fulfillen, from Old English fullfyllan, from full (“full”) +‎ fyllan (“to fill”). Equivalent to fulfill +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fo͝ol-fĭlʹmənt, IPA^(key): /fʊlˈfɪl.mənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

fulfilment (countable and uncountable, plural fulfilments)

1. The act of fulfilling or the state or quality of being fulfilled; consummation; completion; realization.

   To achieve fulfilment of one's hopes.

   Fulfilment of contractual obligations.

   We have yet to see the fulfilment of his potential.

   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 159:

     Civilisation has imbued man's minds with false ideas of the evil of sex and its fulfilment.

   • 1995, Julius Evola, “The Two Paths in the Afterlife”, in Guido Stucco, transl., Revolt against the Modern World‎^[1], Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions International, translation of Rivolta contro il mondo moderno, →ISBN, page 50:

     In these instances death did not represent an end but a fulfillment.

     [original: In questi casi, la morte non è dunque una fine, ma un compimento.]

2. A feeling of satisfaction obtained from one's aspirations or needs being fulfilled.

   What brings you fulfilment in life?

   Personal fulfilment comes from having a sense of purpose.

3. (business) The activities performed once an order is received to fulfill the order; packaging, distributing and shipping goods.

Derived terms

• fulfilment centre
• non-fulfilment
• wish fulfilment

 

Translations

act of fulfilling or state of being fulfilled

• Bulgarian: изпълнение (bg) (izpǎlnenie), реализация (bg) (realizacija)
• Danish: opfyldelse c, indfrielse c
• Dutch: vervulling (nl) f
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} plenumiĝo
• Finnish: täyttymys (fi), toteutuminen (fi)
• French: accomplissement (fr) m
• German: Erfüllung (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 f (ustauhts)
• Greek: εκπλήρωση (el) f (ekplírosi)
• Italian: adempimento (it), compimento (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oppfyllelse m, oppfylling (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: oppfylling f

• Romanian: îndeplinire (ro) f, satisfacere (ro) f, satisfacție (ro) f
• Russian: выполне́ние (ru) n (vypolnénije)
• Slovak: naplnenie
• Spanish: cumplimiento (es) f
• Swedish: uppfyllelse (sv)
• Ukrainian: викона́ння n (vykonánnja)

feeling of satisfaction

• Czech: naplnění n (satisfaction)
• Dutch: vervulling (nl) f
• French: satisfaction (fr) f
• Greek: ικανοποίηση (el) f (ikanopoíisi)
• Spanish: satisfacción (es) f

package logistics

• Spanish: logística (es) f

References

• The Random House College Dictionary 1973