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Meaning of "indent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INDENT

From Old French endenter, from en-1 + dent tooth, from Latin dēns.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INDENT

indent  [ɪnˈdɛnt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Indent is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb indent in English.

WHAT DOES INDENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of indent in the English dictionary

The first definition of indent in the dictionary is to place in from the margin, as at the beginning of a paragraph. Other definition of indent is to cut or tear so that the irregular lines may be matched to confirm its authenticity. Indent is also to place an order for, usually through an agent.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO INDENT

PRESENT

Present
I indent
you indent
he/she/it indents
we indent
you indent
they indent
Present continuous
I am indenting
you are indenting
he/she/it is indenting
we are indenting
you are indenting
they are indenting
Present perfect
I have indented
you have indented
he/she/it has indented
we have indented
you have indented
they have indented
Present perfect continuous
I have been indenting
you have been indenting
he/she/it has been indenting
we have been indenting
you have been indenting
they have been indenting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I indented
you indented
he/she/it indented
we indented
you indented
they indented
Past continuous
I was indenting
you were indenting
he/she/it was indenting
we were indenting
you were indenting
they were indenting
Past perfect
I had indented
you had indented
he/she/it had indented
we had indented
you had indented
they had indented
Past perfect continuous
I had been indenting
you had been indenting
he/she/it had been indenting
we had been indenting
you had been indenting
they had been indenting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will indent
you will indent
he/she/it will indent
we will indent
you will indent
they will indent
Future continuous
I will be indenting
you will be indenting
he/she/it will be indenting
we will be indenting
you will be indenting
they will be indenting
Future perfect
I will have indented
you will have indented
he/she/it will have indented
we will have indented
you will have indented
they will have indented
Future perfect continuous
I will have been indenting
you will have been indenting
he/she/it will have been indenting
we will have been indenting
you will have been indenting
they will have been indenting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would indent
you would indent
he/she/it would indent
we would indent
you would indent
they would indent
Conditional continuous
I would be indenting
you would be indenting
he/she/it would be indenting
we would be indenting
you would be indenting
they would be indenting
Conditional perfect
I would have indent
you would have indent
he/she/it would have indent
we would have indent
you would have indent
they would have indent
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been indenting
you would have been indenting
he/she/it would have been indenting
we would have been indenting
you would have been indenting
they would have been indenting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you indent
we let´s indent
you indent
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to indent
Past participle
indented
Present Participle
indenting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDENT


bent
bɛnt
Brent
brɛnt
cent
sɛnt
comment
ˈkɒmɛnt
consent
kənˈsɛnt
content
ˈkɒntɛnt
dent
dɛnt
event
ɪˈvɛnt
extent
ɪkˈstɛnt
ident
ˈaɪdɛnt
kent
kɛnt
meant
mɛnt
prevent
prɪˈvɛnt
rent
rɛnt
represent
ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt
sent
sɛnt
spent
spɛnt
tent
tɛnt
vent
vɛnt
went
wɛnt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDENT

indemnify
indemnities
indemnity
indemnity clause
indemnity cover
indemnity insurance
indemonstrability
indemonstrable
indemonstrably
indene
indentation
indenter
indention
indentor
indenture
indentures
indentureship
independence
Independence Day
independencies

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDENT

accident
ascendent
chief superintendent
co-dependent
correspondent
dependent
descendent
despondent
foreign correspondent
independent
insulin-dependent
interdependent
pendent
pretendent
resplendent
respondent
scandent
school superintendent
special correspondent
superintendent
transcendent

Synonyms and antonyms of indent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INDENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «indent» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of indent
ask for · cut · dint · mark · nick · notch · order · pink · request · requisition · scallop · score · serrate

Translation of «indent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDENT

Find out the translation of indent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of indent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «indent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

缩进
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

guión
570 millions of speakers

English

indent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मांगपत्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المسافة البادئة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отступ
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

travessão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংভৃতক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tiret
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Indent
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gedankenstrich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

インデント
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

들여 쓰기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Indent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lịnh sung công
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உள்தள்ளலைக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इंडेंट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çentik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

trattino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tiret
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відступ
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

liniuță
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περίπτωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

streepje
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

strecksatsen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

innrykk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indent

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDENT»

The term «indent» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.053 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of indent
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «indent».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INDENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «indent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «indent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about indent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDENT»

Discover the use of indent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Word 2003
When youtre ready to turn off the first-line indent, you can either click and drag the First Line Indent marker on the ruler back on top of the Hanging Indent/Left Indent markers, or you can open the Paragraph dialog box, open the Special ...
Laura Acklen, 2004
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Microsoft Office 2003 All-in-one
Working with Indents Although tabs enable you to align text at various tab stops on the Ruler, you might want to indent or offset lines and paragraphs from the left or right margins. Word provides different indent settings that indent the text at a ...
Joseph W. Habraken, 2004
3
How to Use Microsoft Office XP
How. to. Align. and. Indent. Text. Use Word's alignment commands to change the way your text is positioned horizontally on the document page. By default, Word automatically aligns your text with the left margin as you type. You can choose to  ...
Sherry Kinkoph, Jennifer Fulton, 2001
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Microsoft Office Project 2007 For Dummies
outdent-and-indent. shuffle. Outdenting and indenting are the functions that you use to move tasks to higher or lower levels of detail in your outline. In some software programs, these terms are promoting and demoting, respectively. Outdenting ...
Nancy C. Muir, 2011
5
Word 2013 For Dummies
Tab gizmo First line indent {Both left indents Right indent Hanging indent Figure 11-4: The ruler. The dark gray part of the ruler (the outer ends) is beyond the page margins. The lighter gray part is inside the page margins, and the ruler ...
Sandra Geisler, 2013
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IWork: The Missing Manual
FORmATTING PARAGRAPHS The ruler displays the left and right boundaries of the current text as downward- pointing blue triangles; these are the left and right indent markers, shown in Figure 2-14. To change the left or right indentation of ...
Jessica Thornsby, Josh Clark, 2014
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Excel 2007 For Dummies
In Excel 2007, you can indent the entries in a cell selection by clicking the Increase Indent button on the Formatting toolbar. The Increase Indent button in the Alignment group of the Home tab sports a picture of an arrow pushing the lines of text ...
Greg Harvey, 2011
8
Exploring Adobe InDesign CS5
Terry Rydberg. VISUAL |3–11 | These four indent styles are those you will use most often. Paragraph indents are not the same as text frame insets! Im diamcon sectem dolorem alit nummod etuer alit wis non utat dunt adionsequat acilit alit eu  ...
Terry Rydberg, 2010
9
QuarkXPress 7 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide
Formatting tips and tricks A format in which the first line of a paragraph is aligned flush left and the remaining lines are indented is called a hanging indent. Hanging indents can be used to make subheads, bullets, or other special text more ...
Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas, 2006
10
Applied Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services
m~m. This paragraph has five textruns. This is a second paragraph with a hanging indent of < 1 0pt, left indent of 5pt, and a right indent of 5pt. The following parapraphs are defined as numbered lists: 1. ExecutionTimjjpt&ExecutionTime] 2 .
Teo Lachev, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term indent is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mizon Oh Shy Volume Up Lovely Stick Review - Makeup That …
The highlighter can work for some guerilla strobing—glide the twist-off sponge applicator over the nose indent, tops of the cheekbones, the ... «MarieClaire.com, Jul 15»
2
Incredible Samsung Galaxy Note 5 renders appear on Amazon …
On previous Note devices, there was always a slight indent for users to get a nail under to remove the stylus. Instead, it is thought that the Note ... «Pocket-lint.com, Jul 15»
3
Flight Attendants' Tips for Sleeping Well on a Plane - SmarterTravel …
But flight attendant Lauren McLaughlin has turned this no-brainer into a science: "On most of our planes I look for the indent in the window," she ... «SmarterTravel.com, Jul 15»
4
Ford Mondeo Trend Wagon review | Stuff.co.nz
Interestingly, this model is not actually in the official Ford line-up; it's an indent model. And that would be the first time we've ever driven a test ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
5
Isuzu beefs up its truck lineup - The Standard
The Japanese carmaker will start stocking minimal volume of these heavy-duty trucks, which will be available for indent orders. «Manila Standard Today, Jul 15»
6
City Of Douglas Implements New Changes Beginning August 3, 2015
text-indent:.5in">The processing fee associated with new utility service, transfer of utility service, and re-connect utility services has been in ... «douglasenterprise, Jul 15»
7
Lean toward visiting Pisa
An arduous handheld task lest the searing liquid miss a curve or indent. Then it's what's called realization of the refractory mold. In a blazing ... «Page Six, Jul 15»
8
Leaked Image Allegedly Claims Back Of New DROID
... leaks, including the bar that travels down the middle of the device which houses the camera, flash, and indent for the Motorola batwing logo. «Android Headlines - Android News, Jul 15»
9
Man Shares Reality Of Melanoma From His Diagnosis To His Death …
That indent I'm pushing on is swelling in my head, … and I have white pus filled boils all over body. I'm ready to break. The steroids are tearing me to pieces. «Bustle, Jul 15»
10
Get Your Property Marked at York Hospital Today
Dot peen marking involves using a tungsten carbide-tipped pin to indent an object with dots to create a visible, permanent unique number. «104.7 Minster FM, Jul 15»

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