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fill in in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. write all the required information onto a form
    "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"
    complete  fill out  fill in  make out 
  2. supply with information on a specific topic
    "He filled me in on the latest developments"
    fill in 
  3. represent the effect of shade or shadow on
    shade  fill in 
  4. be a substitute
    "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"
    substitute  sub  stand in  fill in 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


fill in in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) (transitive) To fill; to replace material that is absent or has been removed.
  2. (verb) (transitive) (idiom) To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information.
  3. (verb) (intransitive) (idiom) To substitute for somebody or something.
  4. (verb) (transitive) To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.
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