Fulfil vs. Meet — What's the Difference?

To bring into actuality; effect or make real

To come into the presence of by chance or arrangement

To do, perform, or obey (a task or order, for example); carry out.

To come into the company of

To meet (a requirement or condition); satisfy.

To be introduced to; make the acquaintance of

Standard spelling of fulfill

To come together or confront in opposition

Put in effect;

To be present at the arrival of

Fill or meet a want or need

To come into conjunction with; join or touch

Fulfil the requirements or expectations of

To come into conformity with the views, wishes, or opinions of

To come to the notice of (the senses)

To experience or undergo

To be sufficient for (a need, for example); fulfill

To deal or contend with effectively

To pay; settle

To come together

To come into conjunction; be joined

To come together as opponents; contend

To become introduced

To assemble

To occur together, especially in one person or entity

A meeting or contest, especially an athletic competition.

Fitting; proper

To make contact (with) while in proximity.

To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.

To come face to face with someone by arrangement.

To get acquainted with someone.

(Of groups) To come together.

To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.

To come together in conflict.

(sports) To play a match.

To make physical or perceptual contact.

To converge and finally touch or intersect.

To touch or hit something while moving.

To adjoin, be physically touching.

(transitive) To respond to (an argument etc.) with something equally convincing; to refute.

To satisfy; to comply with.

(intransitive) To balance or come out correct.

To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.

To be mixed with, to be combined with aspects of.

(sports) A sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming.

(hunting) A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.

(rail transport) A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.

(informal) A meeting.

(algebra) The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.

(archaic) Suitable; right; proper.

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking.

To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents.

To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear.

To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate.

To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand.

To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle.

To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict.

To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December.

To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite.

An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.

Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.

Meetly.

A meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

Come together;

Get together socially or for a specific purpose

Be adjacent or come together;

Fill or meet a want or need

Satisfy a condition or restriction;

Satisfy or fulfill;

Get to know; get acquainted with;

Collect in one place;

Meet by design; be present at the arrival of;

Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle;

Experience as a reaction;

Undergo or suffer;

Be in direct physical contact with; make contact;

Being precisely fitting and right;