fulfilmentnoun [ U ]
mainly UK US usually fulfillment uk/fʊlˈfɪl.mənt/us/fʊlˈfɪl.mənt/fulfilment noun [ U ] (STH YOU DO)
C2 the fact of doing something that is necessary or something that someone has wanted or promised to do:
For many women, the fulfilment of family obligations prevents the furtherance of their career.
Being here is the fulfilment of a lifelong ambition.
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Higher and lower points of achievement
- apex
- apogee
- capstone
- climax
- consummation
- height
- heyday
- high point
- high water mark
- Indian summer
- nadir
- peak
- pinnacle
- plumb
- plumb the depths idiom
- rock bottom
- trough
- vertex
- zenith
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fulfilment noun [ U ] (FEELING)
C2 a feeling of pleasure because you are getting what you want from life:
She finally found fulfilment in motherhood.
sexual fulfilment
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Pleasure and happiness
- abandon
- afterglow
- bed
- bed of roses idiom
- bliss
- delirium
- exaltation
- exult
- feast
- felicity
- fun
- gaiety
- glad
- goody
- joy
- joyful
- joyous
- jubilation
- mirth
- savour
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