indent
Set text inward
To indent is to set text in from the margin, creating a visual break: Indent the first line of each paragraph.
The noun indent refers to this inset space.
Indent also means to cut notches or make a dent in something—an indentation.
In British commercial usage, an indent is an official order or requisition for goods.
Prolonged low state
- notchV-shaped incision
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- dimpleFacial skin depression
- recessPause in activity
gouge · furrow · nick · score · hollow · cavity · mark · press
Edge of a page
- paragraphDistinct section of text
- tabProjection for gripping
- hangingExecution by noose
- block quoteIndented passage from elsewhere
first-line · outdent · spacing · alignment · flush · ragged · justification · whitespace
Effect on the mind
- letterpressPrinting from raised surfaces
- intaglioCarving cut below surface
- typeCategory sharing traits
- proofDemonstration of truth
matrix · slug · chase · press · embossing · stereotype · signature · gutter
depression
Prolonged low state
recess · gouge · furrow · nick · score · hollow · cavity · mark · press · stamp
margin
Edge of a page
block quote · first-line · outdent · spacing · alignment · flush · ragged · justification · whitespace · formatting
impression
Effect on the mind
- letterpressPrinting from raised surfaces
- intaglioCarving cut below surface
- typeCategory sharing traits
proof · matrix · slug · chase · press · embossing · stereotype · signature · gutter · leading
apprenticeship
Learning trade through employment
- bondBinding tie or connection
- agreementShared position between parties
- deedWritten property conveyance
covenant · servitude · binding · articles · obligation · terms · legal · document · certificate · apprentice
- formattingitalics, font size, font color, underline, strikethrough
- wiki markupbold, italic, heading, link, template
- writing-related termsparagraph, sentence, word, letter, punctuation
- word processingword processor, WordPerfect, text editor, Microsoft Word, copy
- adjustable settingsbrightness, volume, contrast, sensitivity, speed
- document partstitle, page, paragraph, sentence, chapter
indentoutdent
Text projecting beyond margin
unindent · flush · flush left · full out · hanging indent
indentprotrusion
Part extending outward
bulge · protuberance · convexity · bump · projection
- indentured servitudeContractual unfree labor for term
- indentured servantContract-bound unpaid laborer
- indentured laborWork obligation bound by contract
- indentured laborersWorkers bound by contract
- bond indentureContract governing debt securities
- paragraph indentOpening line setback
indentation, indented, indenture, indents, indentured, indenting, indention, unindented