Definition of overfulfil in English:
overfulfil
(US overfulfill)
verboverfulfilling, overfulfilled, overfulfils əʊvəfʊlˈfɪlˌoʊvərˌfʊlˈfɪl
[with object]Fulfil (a contract or quota) earlier or in greater quantity than required.
he overfulfilled the quota by forty per cent
Example sentencesExamples
- The object was to show how a certain sector of the economy fulfilled or overfulfilled its plan, despite wreckers, saboteurs, pessimists, and other perils.
Derivatives
noun ˌəʊvəfʊlˈfɪlm(ə)nt
Data show that this year, the Government will register another overfulfilment of the budget revenues, which means that taxes can be lowered.
Example sentencesExamples
- Behind Winston's back, the voice from the telescreen was still babbling away about pig-iron and the overfulfilment of the Ninth Three-Year Plan.
Definition of overfulfill in US English:
overfulfill
(British overfulfil)
verbˌōvərˌfo͝olˈfilˌoʊvərˌfʊlˈfɪl
[with object]Fulfill (a contract or quota) earlier or in greater quantity than required.
he overfulfilled the quota by forty percent
Example sentencesExamples
- The object was to show how a certain sector of the economy fulfilled or overfulfilled its plan, despite wreckers, saboteurs, pessimists, and other perils.