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- word usage - Difference between fulfill and fill - English Language . . .
1) Fill vs Fulfill (also spelled[also spelt "spelt"] "fulfil") : Fill means to add content to the container or gap until it is full In particular, "filling" tends to involve a physical action, such as filling a mug with water, or filling a form in with a pencil Please fill this jug with water Please fill in this form
- The correct word for filling out the application form
Fill in means to supply something that's missing So you fill in the blanks on a test, for example, or you can fill in a triangle with a color (change it from an outline to a solid triangle by coloring inside it), or you can fill in (substitute) for an absent colleague at work And you can fill in a form because you're supplying missing
- What is the appropriate way to ask about filling in documents?
To my mind, documents aren't something you "fill in" - at most you might sign them (by way of proving that you have read and agreed verified all the pre-printed details) – FumbleFingers Commented Oct 6, 2013 at 0:25
- Which are other collocations meaning to fill in the gaps?
It brings to my mind a picture of a bookshelf that has a number of books that belong in a collection, but there are gaps in the number sequence of those books and you want to "fill in those gaps" that exist on this bookshelf with the appropriate volumes to help complete the collection
- Is the phrase populate with used correctly in this context?
It is grammatical As a transitive verb, "to populate" means to fill up, fill in or supply with people or things "I populated my aquarium with tropical fish " This is a relatively uncommon use, particularly in the present tense It is far more common to speak of things that have already been populated, rather than which are presently populating
- Fill me vs fill me up. - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
There is no rule, just idiom "Fill me" is more likely with things like emotion, rather than food I had a bag of chips for lunch but it didn't fill me up Watching them together fills me with joy Other people might prefer "fill me" for food, since there is no real difference in meaning
- meaning - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
PRINT NAME is simply defined as writing your name in CAPITAL LETTERS! Unlike Signatures that are mostly written in cursive or scribbles, thus making them hard to read, PRINT NAME simply demands that you write very clearly and without connecting the letters, So your writing looks like Printed Text!
- idioms - Filled in for someone meaning - English Language Learners . . .
Like a hole in the wall, you'd fill it in with plaster Whether he undertook all of your duties is questionable, it depends on what skill sets he has in comparison to yours, but most likely simply handled the day to day items and left the rest for your return
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