fill in the blank
A language exercise in which one or more words are replaced with a blank line and the…A language exercise in which one or more words are replaced with a blank line and the reader is tasked with supplying a valid replacement.
» Fill in the blanks.
Füll die leeren Felder aus. — Kuraimegami
Füllt die Lücken aus. — Kuraimegami
Füllen Sie die Formularfelder aus. — Kuraimegami
Заполните пробелы. — marafon
Заполните пропуски. — marafon
Заполни пропуски. — marafon
Заповніть пропуски. — Internecivus
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Examples
8 sentencesFill in the blanks.
Заповніть пропуски. — Internecivus
ruЗаполните пробелы. — marafon
deFüll die leeren Felder aus. — Kuraimegami
They filled in the blanks.
Tom filled in the blanks.
ruТом заполнил пустые места. — averoes
Meaning
2 sensesA language exercise in which one or more words are replaced with a blank line and the reader is tasked with supplying a valid replacement.
The test consisted of fill-in-the-blank sentences.
Lücken-
(figuratively, idiomatic)A placeholder allowing for any of a variety of possible answers or a single elicited answer.
Origin
As a noun, a clipping of fill-in-the-blank question, problem, &c.As a noun, a clipping of fill-in-the-blank question, problem, &c.
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