indent
verb/ɪnˈdent/
/ɪnˈdent/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they indent | /ɪnˈdent/ /ɪnˈdent/ |
| he / she / it indents | /ɪnˈdents/ /ɪnˈdents/ |
| past simple indented | /ɪnˈdentɪd/ /ɪnˈdentɪd/ |
| past participle indented | /ɪnˈdentɪd/ /ɪnˈdentɪd/ |
| -ing form indenting | /ɪnˈdentɪŋ/ /ɪnˈdentɪŋ/ |
- indent something to start a line of print or block of text further away from the edge of the page than the other lines
- The first line of each paragraph should be indented.
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘give a zigzag outline to, divide by a zigzag line’): from Anglo-Norman French endenter or medieval Latin indentare, from en-, in- ‘into’ + Latin dens, dent- ‘tooth’.Want to learn more?
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