Definitions of indent [ˌɪn dɪˈmɒn strə bəl, ɪnˈdɛm ən-]

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Definition of 'indent'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) indent
to form notches in the edge of:
Waves indented the beach.

2.  indent
to set in from the margin:
Indent the first line of a paragraph.

3.  indent
to sever (a document drawn up in duplicate) along an irregular line as a means of identification.

4.  indent
to cut the edge of (copies of a document) in an irregular way.

5.  indent
Chiefly Brit. to order by official requisition.

6. (v.i.) indent
to form an indentation.

7.  indent
Obs.

8.  indent
to enter into an agreement.

9. (n.) indent
a toothlike notch or recess.

10.  indent
an indention.

11.  indent
a certificate issued by a state or the federal government at the close of the Revolutionary War for the principal or interest due on the public debt.

12.  indent
Brit. a requisition for stores.

13. (v.t.) indent
to press in so as to form a dent.

14.  indent
to form a dent in.

Definition of 'indent'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) indent
an order for goods to be exported or imported

2. (verb) indentation, indention, indent, indenture
the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line

3. (verb) indent
set in from the margin
"Indent the paragraphs of a letter"

4. (verb) indent
cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication
"indent the documents"

5. (verb) indent, dent
make a depression into
"The bicycle dented my car"

6. (verb) indent
notch the edge of or make jagged

7. (verb) indenture, indent
bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
"an indentured servant"

Definition of 'indent'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) indent
a cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch

2. (noun) indent
a stamp; an impression

3. (noun) indent
a certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt

4. (noun) indent
a requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army

5. (verb) indent
to notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper

6. (verb) indent
to dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp

7. (verb) indent
to bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant

8. (verb) indent
to begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation, and Indention

9. (verb) indent
to make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores

10. (verb) indent
to be cut, notched, or dented

11. (verb) indent
to crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag

12. (verb) indent
to contract; to bargain or covenant

Translation of 'indent'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to begin (a line of writing) farther in from the margin than the other lines.
Afrikaans: merk	Arabic: يَتْرُك فراغا في بِدابَة	Bulgarian: започвам на вътре
Brazilian: indentar	Czech: odsadit	German: einrücken
Danish: rykke ind	Greek: αρχίζω παράγραφο πιο μέσα	Spanish: sangrar
Estonian: taandreaga alustama	Farsi: سر سطر را فاصله دادن	Finnish: sisentää
French: renforcer	Hebrew: לְהָפנִים שוּרָה	Hindi: हाशिया
Croatian: uvući	Hungarian: bekezdéssel ír	Indonesian: membuat alinea baru, memb
Icelandic: setja/færa línu inn við g	Italian: (far rientrare dal margin	Japanese: 引っこめて書く
Korean: (절의 첫 행을) 한 자 들여서 쓰다	Lithuanian: pradėti toliau nuo krašto	Latvian: sākt ar atkāpi
Malay: membuat inden	Dutch: inspringen	Norwegian: rykke inn, lage innrykkin
Polish: zaczynać akapitem	Persian: سر سطر را فاصله دادن	Pashto: په لومړي سطر كي حاشيه نيو
Portuguese: fazer margem	Romanian: aîncepe un nou alineat	Russian: начинать с красной строки
Slovak: oddeliť	Slovenian: napraviti umik	Serbian: uvući
Swedish: börja en bit in på, göra	Thai: ย่อหน้า	Turkish: paragraf başı yapmak, içe
Taiwanese: 縮排	Ukrainian: робити відступ, абзац	Urdu: لکھنے میں حاشیہ کشادہ کر
Vietnamese: sắp chữ lùi vào	Chinese: 缩进，（书写）缩排
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