English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “fulfilment”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for fulfilment is ful-fil-ment, with 2 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
ful-fil-ment
3 segments2 break points
British English pattern result ful-fil-ment The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordfulfilment
Hyphenationful-fil-ment
Break points2
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationfʊlˈfɪlmənt
Meaning & usage

What does “fulfilment” mean?

fulfilment: the achievement of something desired, promised, or predicted.

Headwordfulfilment
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationfʊlˈfɪlmənt
1
noun

the achievement of something desired, promised, or predicted.

Example: “winning the championship was the fulfilment of a childhood dream”

2
noun

the meeting of a requirement, condition, or need.

Example: “the fulfilment of statutory requirements”

Word breaks

How “fulfilment” is split

ful·fil·ment

For US English, the hyphenation result is ful-fil-ment. This gives 2 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “fulfilment”

How do you hyphenate “fulfilment”?

In the US-English result used here, fulfilment is hyphenated as ful-fil-ment.

Where can “fulfilment” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 2 possible break points.

What does “fulfilment” mean?

the achievement of something desired, promised, or predicted.

Can you use “fulfilment” in a sentence?

“winning the championship was the fulfilment of a childhood dream”

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