fulfil
(present participle fulfilling, past tense and past participle fulfilled) UK (US fulfill) /fʊlˈfɪl/ verbDefinition
fulfil a duty/promise/responsibility, etc › to do something that you have promised to do or that you are expected to do: He has failed to fulfil his duties as a father.
fulfil an ambition/dream/goal, etc › to do something that you really wanted to do: She has finally fulfilled her childhood ambition to swim with dolphins.
fulfil a function/need/role, etc › to do something that is necessary or useful: You seem to fulfil a very useful role in the organization.
fulfil criteria/requirements/qualifications, etc › to have all the qualities that are wanted or needed for something: You have to fulfil certain requirements to qualify for the competition.
(Definition of fulfil verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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