indent

pronunciation

How to pronounce indent in British English: UK [ɪnˈdent , ˈɪndent] word uk audio image

How to pronounce indent in American English: US [ɪnˈdent , ˈɪndent] word us audio image

Noun:

an order for goods to be exported or imported
the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
Verb:

set in from the margin
cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication
make a depression into
notch the edge of or make jagged
bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant

Word Origin

indent: indent: Etymologically, English has two separate words indent, although they have converged to a considerable extent over the centuries (particularly in the virtually shared derivative indentation). The one meaning ‘(make) a hole or depression’ [14] is simply a derivative of dent, which itself probably originated as a variant of dint. Indent ‘make notches in’ [14], however, owes its origin to Latin dēns ‘tooth’.This formed the basis of an Anglo-Latin verb indentāre, which denoted the drawing up of a contract between two parties on two identical documents, which were cut along a matching line of notches or ‘teeth’ which could subsequently be rejoined to prove their authenticity. A particular use of such contracts was between master craftsmen and their trainees, who hence became known as indentured apprentices.=> dent, dint; dentist

indent (v.): early 15c., indenten/endenten "to make notches; to give (something) a toothed or jagged appearance," also "to make a legal indenture," from Old French endenter "to notch or dent, give a serrated edge to," from Medieval Latin indentare "to furnish with teeth," from in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + Latin dens (genitive dentis) "tooth" (see tooth). Related: Indented; indenting. The printing sense is first attested 1670s. The noun is first recorded 1590s, from the verb. An earlier noun sense of "a written agreement" (late 15c.) is described in Middle English Dictionary as "scribal abbrev. of endenture."

3. Highlight your skills and attributes in bold or indent them with bullets .

4. Therefore , left justify every line of text , do not indent the first line of every paragraph , and leave one space in between paragraphs .

5. Novels and other similar reading materials indent the first line of every paragraph . This is done to separate each paragraph from each other since there are no line breaks in the text .