Meaning

8 senses
  1. A temporary replacement for another, especially at a job.

  2. A substitution.

  3. An intermediate result that must be stored temporarily during the course of a sparse matrix computation.

  4. A question or puzzle in which one is expected to fill in a missing part of something.

  5. A musical embellishment (usually percussion) that is added to connect musical phrases.

  6. Something added to fill a gap.

  7. Something added to increase the size of something; padding or filler.

  8. A product category that is used to complete a range or variety of a product line.

More definitions
  • someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

Origin

From the verb phrase fill in.

From the verb phrase fill in.

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Forms

plural: fill-ins
Singularfill-in
Pluralfill-ins

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Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedfill in

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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