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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb fill in has 4 senses

• fill in(v = verb.communication) Array - supply with information on a specific topic; "He filled me in on the latest developments"
is one way to inform
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• fill in(v = verb.creation) shade - represent the effect of shade or shadow on; Array
is one way to paint, draw
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• fill in(v = verb.possession) stand in, sub, substitute - 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"
is one way to change, exchange, interchange
Derived form noun fill-in₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

• fill in(v = verb.communication) complete, fill out, make out - write all the required information onto a form; "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

THESAURUS

fill in

accomplish, acquaint, act for, admit, advise, alternate, apprise, assimilate, bring to completion, bring to fruition, change places with, clue, complete, comprehend, comprise, contain, count in, cover, crowd out, cut out, displace, do a hitch, do a stint, do a tour, do time, double for, eke out, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enlist, envisage, fill, fill in for, fill out, fill up, fulfill, ghost, ghostwrite, have a go, have tenure, hold, hold office, include, incorporate, insert, insinuate, intercalate, interject, interpolate, interpose, keep a watch, locum tenens, make good, make up, mature, notify, number among, occupy, piece out, pinch, pinch-hit, post, re-up, receive, reckon among, reckon in, reckon with, reenlist, refill, relieve, replace, replenish, represent, round out, serve time, shallow, shoal, sign up, silt up, spell, spell off, stand in for, subrogate, substitute for, succeed, supersede, supplant, surrogate, swap places with, take in, take into account, take into consideration, take turns, take up, tell, throw in, time off, top off, understudy for, warn

ROGET THESAURUS

fill in

Completeness

VB be complete, come to a head, render complete, complete, fill, charge, load, replenish, make up, make good, piece out, eke out, supply deficiencies, fill up, fill in, fill to the brim, fill the measure of, saturate, go the whole hog, go the whole length, go all lengths.

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