indentverb [ T ]
uk/ɪnˈdent/us/ɪnˈdent/specializedindent verb [ T ] (SPACE)
[ T ] publishing to make a space at the edge or on the surface of something:
Each new paragraph should be indented about two centimetres from the margin.
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Publishing: printing & word processing
- bed
- bold
- Braille
- bullet
- bullet point
- CMYK
- inline
- intaglio printing
- italic
- italicize
- italics
- landscape
- plate
- printer
- publish
- put sth to bed idiom
- reissue
- reprint
- roman
- sans serif
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indent verb [ T ] (REQUEST)
[ I ] UK business to make an official request for goods:
We indented for the engine spares last month.
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Buying
- acquisitiveness
- approval
- bid
- bidding war
- bite
- brand loyalty
- bulk-buy
- import
- load up on sth
- money-off
- on the slate idiom
- order form
- order sth in
- outbid
- over the counter idiom
- shop around
- shopaholic
- shopping
- stock up
- trade-in
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indentnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɪn.dent/us/ˈɪn.dent/specializedindent noun [ C ] (SPACE)
publishing a space at the edge or on the surface of something
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Publishing: printing & word processing
- bed
- bold
- Braille
- bullet
- bullet point
- CMYK
- inline
- intaglio printing
- italic
- italicize
- italics
- landscape
- plate
- printer
- publish
- put sth to bed idiom
- reissue
- reprint
- roman
- sans serif
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Space - general words
indent noun [ C ] (REQUEST)
UK business an official request for goods:
We made an indent for the engine spares last week.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Buying
- acquisitiveness
- approval
- bid
- bidding war
- bite
- brand loyalty
- bulk-buy
- import
- load up on sth
- money-off
- on the slate idiom
- order form
- order sth in
- outbid
- over the counter idiom
- shop around
- shopaholic
- shopping
- stock up
- trade-in
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