How to Memorize

fill a gap in knowledge/understanding

Analysis

To ‘fill a gap’ means to add what is required in order to fulfill a need or make something whole or complete. A ‘gap’ is a void or empty space. You can ‘fill a gap in knowledge’, ‘fill a gap in a collection’ ‘fill a gap in staffing’ etc. You will hear this used more often in professional contexts or formal situations.

Social Examples (Basic)

1. The woman enrolled on a college course to fill a gap in her knowledge of social media.
2. Upskilling is an excellent way of filling a gap in your understanding of something.
3. I was really hungry, so I just ate a chocolate bar to fill the gap until dinner.

Professional Examples (Basic)

1. It is my responsibility to identify and fill gaps in knowledge within the company.
2. We have noticed that a number of our customers are not aware of some of our most advanced features so we have redesigned our customer onboarding to fill that gap in knowledge.

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