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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Senses related to indent (verb):
The process of indenting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Senses related to indent (verb):
The state of being indented.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An empty space at the beginning of a line to signal the start of a new paragraph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: media, publishing, typography
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: whitespace
noun
Synonym of indentation /dent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: indentation /dent
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: indentation, indent, indenture
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: space, blank space, place
History
Etymology tree English indent Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English indention From indent + -ion.
