fill out
Meaning
- (transitive) To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.
- (intransitive) To have one's physique expand with maturity or with surplus weight.
- (obsolete, transitive) To fill up; to make full.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fill, out.
Synonyms
fatten out
plump out
add to
make full
live up to
fill in time
Translations
remplir
compilare
rellenar
ausfüllen
preencher
invullenPronounced as (IPA)
/fɪl ˈaʊt/
Etymology
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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