English Explanatory Dictionary

fill in the blank

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A language exercise in which one or more words are replaced with a blank line and the reader is tasked with supplying a valid replacement.
  2. A placeholder allowing for any of a variety of possible answers or a single elicited answer.
verb
  1. To complete a single fill in the blank question.
  2. To complete an interruption, ambiguity, or vagueness in understanding, perception, or context.

Word forms

fill in the blank fill in the blanks fills in the blank filling in the blank filled in the blank

Etymology

As a noun, a clipping of fill-in-the-blank question, problem, &c.

Synonyms

gap fill gapfill
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