Meaning & use
fulfillment
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A feeling of satisfaction from achieving something or realizing one's potential.
See it in a sentence
She found real fulfillment in teaching children to read.
After years of searching, he finally found a sense of fulfillment in his new career.
A note on using this word
Has a second common business sense referring to completing customer orders, distinct from its emotional meaning.
Words with a similar meaning
satisfactiongratification
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Words with an opposite meaning
dissatisfactionfrustration
Another way to use it
2. noun
The process of completing or delivering something, such as a customer order.
The company outsources order fulfillment to a third-party warehouse.
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