"fulfilling" meaning in English

See fulfilling in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more fulfilling [comparative], most fulfilling [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} fulfilling (comparative more fulfilling, superlative most fulfilling)
  1. Which causes fulfilment; emotionally or artistically satisfying. Derived forms: nonfulfilling, unfulfilling Translations (which causes fulfillment): bevredigend (Dutch), antoisa (Finnish), épanouissant (French), profondément satisfaisant (French), profondément gratifiant (French), zadowalający (Polish), принося́щий удовлетворе́ние (prinosjáščij udovletvorénije) (Russian), पूर (pūra) (Sanskrit), satisfaciente (Spanish), deleitante (Spanish), contentante (Spanish), encontentante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fulfilling-en-adj-rCBJO-gN

Noun

Forms: fulfillings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} fulfilling (plural fulfillings)
  1. fulfilment
    Sense id: en-fulfilling-en-noun-zpXdgJt2

Verb

Rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fulfilling
  1. present participle and gerund of fulfill Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fulfill
    Sense id: en-fulfilling-en-verb-zrV3kflf
  2. present participle and gerund of fulfil Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fulfil
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: self-fulfilling

Inflected forms

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