fills in

verb

present tense third-person singular of fill in
1
as in informs
to give information to my friend quickly filled me in on the portion of the movie that I had missed

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2
as in substitutes
to serve as a replacement usually for a time only she's only filling in while the regular secretary is on vacation

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Recent Examples of fills in Seyfried, now literally playing a character in playing Holmes, also fills in for moments that Oppenheim didn’t or couldn’t record. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026 But the clever props design (Bruce Dickinson and Anna Kraus) fills in any shoestring gaps. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 Hydrolyzed keratin, meanwhile, fills in the gaps in the cuticle by improving elasticity and damage caused by daily styling, heat, and environmental stressors. — Madison San Miguel, Allure, 5 Sep. 2026 The movie fills in the backstory of this slow-motion trauma in a way that feels wrenchingly lifelike. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026 The rest of the weekend fills in around them through much smaller moments. — Svetlana Khachiyan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Reseeding fills in those gaps before bare patches take hold, which is also crucial because bare soil serves as prime real estate for weeds looking to move in uncontested. — Amanda Tust, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026 The camera's image processor takes this data and creates a color image using a technique called demosaicing, which fills in missing color by interpolating information from the surrounding pixels. — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 31 July 2026 Her brother, Tunji, fills in the British blanks for her, but life in Lagos was a time of playing on swings and watching her brother kick a ball with his friends. — Riann Phillip, Vogue, 15 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fills in
  1. informs
  2. substitutes
  3. tells
  4. stands in
  5. advises
  6. takes over
  7. briefs
Verb
  • In addition to scaring the bejesus out of Hamlet and demanding blood, the ghost informs the audience exactly how the murder occurred.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The facility lacks a verifiable method that informs food employees of their responsibility to report their health status in regards to illnesses that can spread through food.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of informs
Verb
  • Then, with one click of a Copy button, the website quietly substitutes a command that could put your Mac at risk.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • This approach substitutes information for sensation, and reduces both human and supra-human experiences to the level of data.
    — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Definition of substitutes
Verb
  • Nouraei tells her patients and clients, however, that the safest way to start taking creatine would be incrementally, beginning with three grams daily for a week, then four, then to five.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • But for this initial step, Pierre tells mature patients to find a formula that’s gentle, non-irritating, and—if needed—able to remove makeup.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of tells
Verb
  • That rare show of unity among rivals stands in sharp contrast with Thiel’s view that the push to slow AI down is not caution but something closer to evil.
    — Sasha Tuddenham, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
  • That stands in direct contrast to attackers such as Fernandes, Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo, who prefer to move the ball forward quickly.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of stands in
Verb
  • Inside, Kaylee is eager to prove herself by really learning laundry and nailing it; Fraser advises her to come up with a system and stick to it.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026
  • This summer, Kennedy’s health department appointed doctors with financial stakes in the peptide industry to a panel that advises the FDA.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of advises
Verb
  • Some leaders argue that AI could end up making those human skills more valuable, predicting a renaissance in soft skills as the technology takes over rote work.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Baiz takes over for longtime ARC head coach Jon Osterhout, now the assistant athletic director and chief of staff of Sacramento State’s football program, his alma mater.
    — JOE DAVIDSON, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of takes over
Verb
  • Friday briefs them on Paladin, the latest in a centuries-long line of extremely dedicated bounty hunters.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The Navy regularly briefs Courtney on classified matters in his position as ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee’s Seapower subcommittee, which oversees the country’s top defense priority, the Columba ballistic missile submarines built by Electric Boat in Groton.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
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