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🥛 To make full ✅ To satisfy 👔 To appoint 🍽️ Enough amount 🪨 A filler material
to fill

to fill

396 3.0
To choose someone for a job or role
  • verb
  • /fɪl/
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  • In 1984, by-elections were held to fill vacant seats in the Lower House.
  • fill positions
  • fill a vacancy
  • fill a vacant position

People are finding jobs and filling jobs through zip recruiter.

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Examples

  • Nearly all of these roles were filled by individuals employed by the school, not the agency.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Besides, she played the piano and could fill in for a missing accompanist.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • - Oh, man, I would be more than happy to fill in, man.

    Cpl. Richard Carlson: A Brother's Loss (2017)

  • Our view is this, give the people a voice in filling this vacancy.

  • Zeal will have no choice but to fill the vacancy you will leave.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • A volunteer force had been raised to fill in for the reassigned regulars.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Two applicants for graduate teaching assistantships were screened with the intent to fill these BIP course instructional roles.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The committee will meet next week to fill the position of treasurer after the previous one resigned.

  • She is hoping to fill the role of project manager next quarter when the current manager leaves.

  • The school board is working to fill several key leadership positions before the new academic year begins.

Synonyms

to take
vsto fill
∞ 1.0

Move into a position or seat

usually means assuming a role while the key can also mean appointing someone
to appoint
vsto fill
  • Formal
580 3.2

Officially choose someone for a job or role

also includes actually holding a role or office not only choosing
to assign
vsto fill
487 2.7

Give someone a specific task, duty, or position of responsibility

often gives tasks or duties while the key also covers placing someone in office
to name
vsto fill
  • Formal
456 2.8

To officially choose someone for a job or position

is used for formal selection while the key can also mean holding the role
to designate
vsto fill
  • Formal
124 5.0

To officially choose someone for a job or role

is broader and can mean actually holding that position rather than only naming
to take office
vsto fill
87 3.6

Begin work in an official job after being elected or appointed

means starting to serve after appointment or election while the key can mean appointing
to occupy
vsto fill
60 3.1

To hold an official job or position

also covers officially choosing someone for that position
to enter
vsto fill
  • Formal
31 2.5

To begin duties in an official position such as prime minister

means starting official duties while the key also covers assigning someone to that role
to seat
vsto fill
  • Formal
30 6.8

To put someone into an official position in a formal way

is less ceremonial and can mean simply holding the position
to anoint
vsto fill
  • Formal
27 7.2

To officially choose someone for a job, often as a sign that they have power

is a general formal selection without implying divine approval
to instate
vsto fill
  • Formal
1 6.6

To officially put someone into a position or office

is more general and can mean actually occupying that position
to backfill
vsto fill
  • Jargon
1 4.8

To fill an open job by hiring or assigning another person

focuses on replacing a vacancy often temporarily while the key is more general

Antonyms

to dismiss
70 3.3

To remove someone from their job

to vacate
52 4.5

Leave a place or job so it is free for someone else

Idioms

to fill the air
18 3.7

A strong sound, smell, or feeling that people notice around them

to fill to the brim
5 2.7

To make something so full that nothing else can fit

to fill someone's shoes
4 5.3

To take over someone's job when it is hard to do it as well

to fill the bill
2 4.0

To be right for a particular purpose or need

to fill one's face
  • UK
8.5

To eat a lot of food quickly

to fill one's hand
8.6

Put as much as your hand can hold

to fill one's boots
  • UK
9.1

To enjoy something fully and take as much as you want

to fill one's pants
  • NSFW
9.9

To be so frightened that you almost wet yourself

to get one's fill
  • Informal
3.7

Have as much of something as you want until you feel satisfied

Phrasal Verbs

to fill out
  • US
261 1.6

To write all the needed information on a form

to fill in
  • Informal
145 2.8

Tell someone what happened when they were not there

to fill in
100 3.3

Do someone else's job for a short time

to fill up
90 1.3

Close a hole or gap by putting material into it

to fill in
  • UK
59 1.9

Write the information asked for on a form

to fill up
46 1.1

Become so crowded that nothing more can enter

to fill up
19 1.8

Make something have no empty space or cause a strong feeling in someone

to fill in the blank
14 2.6

To write the missing word in a sentence or exercise

to fill out
14 2.8

To become or make something fuller by adding more

to fill up
10 1.9

Eat until you cannot eat any more

to fill in
  • Specialized
4 4.2

Add shade to a drawing to show light and shadow

to get my fill
3 6.6

Have enough of something so you do not want more

to back and fill
  • Specialized
1 8.6

To make small changes or refill trenches

to fill in the form
  • UK
1 1.0

To complete a paper or online form by writing your personal details

to fill the pothole
2.6

To put material into a hole in the road to make it level

Compounds

fill-in
6 3.5

A person who temporarily does another person's job

side-fill monitor
  • Specialized
7.2

A speaker at the side of a stage that helps performers hear the sound

How Specialized

to fill
396 3.0

Surface Forms

fill infinitive
filled past
filled past participle
filling present participle
fills third person singular

Etymology

The verb fill comes from the idea of making something full ('not empty'), so to 'fill a position' is to put someone into an empty job and make the role full again.