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pencil in

pencil in verb: to fill in or write in using pencil.

Verb

pencil in (third-person singular simple present pencils in, present participle (US) penciling in or (UK) pencilling in, simple past and past participle (US) penciled in or (UK) pencilled in)

  1. (transitive) To fill in or write in using pencil.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To provisionally schedule.
    • I'll pencil you in for tomorrow at noon.
    • A decision on the DCO [Development Consent Order] is pencilled in for April 2021, with physical work beginning in 2022 and construction completed in 2027.2019 October, Ruth Bagley tells James Abbott, “Crunch time for Heathrow western link”, in Modern Railways, page 75

Forms of pencil in

third-person singular presentpencils in
present participle USpenciling in
present participle UKpencilling in
past participle USpenciled in
past USpenciled in
past participle UKpencilled in
past UKpencilled in

Questions about pencil in

What does pencil in mean?
Pencil in means to fill in or write in using pencil.
What part of speech is pencil in?
Pencil in is a verb.
What is the past tense of pencil in?
The past tense of pencil in is penciled in.

Words near pencil in in the dictionary

  1. pencil geeks
  2. pencil heel
  3. pencil heels
  4. pencil holder
  5. pencil holders
  6. pencil in
  7. pencil ladder
  8. pencil ladders
  9. pencil lead
  10. pencil leads
  11. pencil moustache

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