fill in

Verb

transitive idiomatic intransitive Britain slang

(transitive) To fill; to replace material that is absent or has been removed. / (transitive, idiomatic) To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information.

Japanese Meaning

不足している部分や取り除かれた箇所を補う / 欠如している情報を補足し、誰かに伝える

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Please fill in the form with your contact details by Friday.

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金曜日までにフォームに連絡先を記入してください。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To fill; to replace material that is absent or has been removed.

After you're done laying the pipe, fill in the trench.

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Sense（2）

(transitive, idiomatic) To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information.

If you know anything about this, maybe you can fill me in.

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Sense（3）

(intransitive, idiomatic) To substitute for somebody or something.

He can't go on vacation very often because there is nobody to fill in for him.

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Sense（4）

(transitive, chiefly Britain) To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.

The findings emerged from questionnaires filled in by 2,211 staff in 145 wards of 55 hospitals in England and Wales and 105 observations of care of dementia patients. Two-thirds of staff said they had not had enough training to provide proper care, 50% said they had not been trained how to communicate properly with such patients and 54% had not been told how to handle challenging or aggressive behaviour.

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