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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: meet the requirements or expectations of [syn: satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live up to] [ant: fall short of]

Merriam Webster's

phrasal to act or be in accordance with <had no intention of living up to his promise>

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If someone or something lives up to what they were expected to be, they are as good as they were expected to be. Sales have not lived up to expectations this year... PHRASAL VERB: V P P n

Moby Thesaurus

abide by, act up to, adhere to, attend to, be faithful to, comply with, conform to, do justice to, fill, follow, fulfill, heed, hold by, keep, keep faith with, make good, meet, observe, regard, respect, satisfy