Definition
› to make a space in the edge or on the surface of something: Each new paragraph should be indented about two centimetres from the margin.Printing and word processing
(Definition of indent verb (SPACE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
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Synonyms and related words:
- Braille noun
- bullet noun
- bullet point noun
- column noun (PRINTING)
- compositor noun
- header noun (TEXT)
- italic adjective
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- italics noun
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