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noun | verb dentdent1 /dɛnt/ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYdent1Origin: 1200-1300 dint 1 a mark made when you hit or press something so that its surface is bent: dent in a dent in the door of the car2make/put a dent in something to reduce the amount of something: The vacation put a big dent in our savings. noun | verb dentdent2 verb VERB TABLEdent |
Present | I, you, we, they | dent | | he, she, it | dents | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | dented | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have dented | | he, she, it | has dented | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had dented | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will dent | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have dented |
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Present | I | am denting | | he, she, it | is denting | | you, we, they | are denting | Past | I, he, she, it | was denting | | you, we, they | were denting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been denting | | he, she, it | has been denting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been denting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be denting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been denting |
1[intransitive, transitive] if you dent something, or if it dents, you hit or press it so that its surface is bent and marked: Some idiot dented my car last night.2[transitive] to harm or reduce something: Baseball’s image was dented by the scandal. |