Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.

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

    ausfüllen, eintragen

    заполня́тьzapolnjátʹ, запо́лнитьzapólnitʹ

    запо́внюватиzapóvnjuvaty, заповня́тиzapovnjáty, запо́внитиzapóvnyty

    write all the required information onto a form

  2. (intransitive)To have one's physique expand with maturity or with surplus weight.

    He began to fill out once he started college.

    zulegen, zunehmen

    расширя́тьсяrasširjátʹsja, расши́ритьсяrasšíritʹsja

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fill, out.

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To fill up; to make full.

    make fat or plump

Examples

188 sentences
  1. Please fill out this form first.

    Будь ласка, спочатку заповніть цю форму.

    ruПожалуйста, заполните сначала этот бланк.

    deBitte füllen Sie zuerst dieses Formular aus.

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  2. Would you please fill out this form?

    Чи не могли б Ви, будь ласка, заповнити цю форму?

    ruВы не могли бы заполнить эту форму, пожалуйста?

    deWürden Sie bitte dieses Formular ausfüllen?

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  3. Who helped Tom fill out this form?

    Хто допоміг Тому заповнити цю форму?

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  4. Tom helped Mary fill out the form.

    Том допоміг Мері заповнити форму.

    ruТом помог Мэри заполнить форму.

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  5. Help me fill out this application form.

    Допоможіть мені заповнити цю анкету.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to complete a form:
Русский
By meaning 2
to complete a form:
to have one's physique expand:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to complete a form:
to have one's physique expand:

Origin

In the sense of to complete a form, originally attested in American English; possibly as a

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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Forms

fills out, filling out, filled out, filled out
Base formfill out · to fill out
3rd person singularfills out
Present participlefilling out
Past simplefilled out
Past participlefilled out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfill out
he, she, itfills out

Past simpleLesson

all personsfilled out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave filled out
he, she, ithas filled out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fill out

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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