Fill out

/fɪl ˈaʊt/ verb

verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information. transitive

    "Please fill out this application if you are interested in the job."

  2. 2
    become round, plump, or shapely wordnet
  3. 3
    To have one's physique expand with maturity or with surplus weight. intransitive

    "He began to fill out once he started college."

  4. 4
    make bigger or better or more complete wordnet
  5. 5
    To fill up; to make full. obsolete, transitive

    "The other lady, […] filling out a very large glass of wine, advised, and at last prevailed with her to drink it."

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  1. 6
    write all the required information onto a form wordnet
  2. 7
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fill, out.
  3. 8
    make fat or plump wordnet
  4. 9
    line or stuff with soft material wordnet
  5. 10
    supplement what is thought to be deficient wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
abide byaccomplishadd toadhere toadministeradmit

Example

More examples

"Please fill out this application if you are interested in the job."

Etymology

In the sense of to complete a form, originally attested in American English; possibly as a calque of German ausfüllen. Later spread to British English, where it now competes with the traditional expression fill in.

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