Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To fill in or write in using a pen

  2. (idiomatic, transitive)To schedule in a calendar

  3. (idiomatic, transitive)To sign a document to hire someone

Examples

12 sentences
  1. Printing ink is in short supply.

  2. Tom put a new ink cartridge in his pen.

  3. An octopus inks away when in fright.

  4. Write your homework in ink, not in pencil.

    deSchreib deine Hausaufgaben mit Tinte, nicht mit Bleistift. — Vortarulo

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  5. Please change the ink cartridge in the printer.

Forms

inks in, inking in, inked in, inked in
Base formink in · to ink in
3rd person singularinks in
Present participleinking in
Past simpleinked in
Past participleinked in

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyink in
he, she, itinks in

Past simpleLesson

all personsinked in

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave inked in
he, she, ithas inked in

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ink in

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpencil in

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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