How to pronounce indent
American English pronunciation
in-DENT
- IPA
- /ɪnˈdɛnt/
- Syllables
- in · DENT (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What indent means
To start a line of writing farther in from the edge
In a sentence: Remember to indent the first line of each paragraph.
Where it comes from: It comes from old words meaning to cut notches like teeth, from the Latin word for tooth, dens.
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