Need another word that means the same as “indent”? Find 42 synonyms and 30 related words for “indent” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Indent” are: indenture, dent, move to the right, move further from the margin, start in from the margin, notch, nick, make an indentation in, make nicks in, make notches in, scallop, serrate, pink, cut, scratch, gash, slit, snick, gouge, groove, furrow, order, put in an order for, requisition, apply for, put in for, request, put in a request for, ask for, claim, put in a claim for, call for, demand, indentation, indention, purchase order, call, application
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “indent” as a noun can have the following definitions:
application | A program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task. Massage has far reaching medical applications. |
call | A direction in a square dance given by the caller. The call of duty. |
indentation | The act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions. An indentation for each change of speaker. |
indention | The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line. |
indenture | The state of being bound to service by an indenture. The 30 apprentices have received their indentures on completion of their training. |
order | The insignia worn by members of an order of honour or merit. Law and order. |
purchase order | The acquisition of something for payment. |
request | A tune or song played on a radio programme typically accompanied by a personal message in response to a listener s request. Human intelligence which is in constant request in a family. |
requisition | A demand to the vendor of a property for the official search relating to the title. Requisition of grain at the point of a gun proved a novel experience for the peasantry. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “indent” as a verb can have the following definitions:
apply for | Apply oneself to. |
ask for | Require or ask for as a price or condition. |
call for | Make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands. |
claim | Ask for legally or make a legal claim to as of debts for example. They claimed on the maximum allowable amount. |
cut | Cut off the testicles of male animals such as horses. Robert was cutting class. |
demand | Lay legal claim to. Where is she he demanded. |
dent | Mark with a dent. He hit a concrete bollard denting the wing. |
furrow | Cut a furrow into a columns. Gorges furrowing the deep sea floor. |
gouge | Obtain by coercion or intimidation. He d gouged wads out of Morty. |
groove | Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove. Groove a vinyl record. |
indenture | Bind by or as if by indentures as of an apprentice or servant. An indentured servant. |
make an indentation in | Charge with a function; charge to be. |
make nicks in | Charge with a function; charge to be. |
make notches in | Have a bowel movement. |
move further from the margin | Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon. |
move to the right | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action. |
nick | Cut a nick into. The barber s knife nicked his cheek. |
notch | Secure or insert by means of notches. He notched the stick at each end. |
order | Bring order to or into. Are you ready to order sir. |
pink | Become pink. The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded. |
put in a claim for | Estimate. |
put in a request for | Cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation. |
put in an order for | Make an investment. |
put in for | Make an investment. |
request | Politely or formally ask for. He received the information he had requested. |
requisition | Demand the performance or occurrence of. A stakeholder has requisitioned an extraordinary general meeting. |
scallop | Fish for scallops. The season for scalloping is almost over. |
scratch | Play a record using the scratch technique. The hens cannot do anything that comes naturally to them such as scratch around. |
serrate | Make saw-toothed or jag the edge of. Serrate the edges of the teeth. |
slit | Cut a slit into. She slitted her eyes to look at him. |
snick | Make a sharp clicking sound. He placed the pen in the briefcase and snicked it shut. |
start in from the margin | Bring into being. |
alphabet | The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural. A phonetic alphabet. |
annotate | Add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments. He annotated on what his teacher had written. |
annotation | A note by way of explanation or comment added to a text or diagram. Annotation of prescribed texts. |
book | The notebook in which a referee writes the names of players who are cautioned for foul play. An accounts book. |
descriptive | Describing or classifying in an objective and non-judgemental way. The text contains some good descriptive passages. |
format | Set printed matter into a specific format. He has just re issued the collection in CD format. |
grammar | A grammar school. Chomskyan grammar. |
grammarian | A linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax. |
indentation | The act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions. Paragraphs are marked off by indentation. |
lexicographer | A person who compiles dictionaries. |
litotes | Ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary (e.g. I shan’t be sorry for I shall be glad). Saying I was not a little upset when you mean I was very upset is an example of litotes. |
orthography | A method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols. A spoken language which has as yet no sanctioned orthography. |
palimpsest | Something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form. Sutton Place is a palimpsest of the taste of successive owners. |
paragraph | Write paragraphs work as a paragrapher. All her friends were paragraphed in last Monday s paper. |
parse | An act of parsing a string or a text. I asked a couple of students to parse these sentences for me. |
philologist | A humanist specializing in classical scholarship. |
quotation | A statement of the current market price of a security or commodity. A quotation from Bart k s Fourth String Quartet. |
quote | A passage or expression that is quoted or cited. Quotes from different insurance companies. |
sentence | Pronounce a sentence on somebody in a court of law. Ten army officers were sentenced to life imprisonment. |
spelling | A person’s ability to spell words. Her spelling was deplorable. |
syntax | A set of rules for or an analysis of the syntax of a language. Generative syntax. |
text | A text message. If she was going to go she would have texted us. |
transcribe | Transliterate (foreign characters) or write or type out (shorthand, notes, or other abbreviated forms) into ordinary characters or full sentences. His largest early work was transcribed for organ. |
transcript | A written or printed version of material originally presented in another medium. He read a transcript of the interrogation. |
translator | A person who translates written messages from one language to another. The translator of Hardy s poems into Icelandic. |
transliterate | Write or print (a letter or word) using the closest corresponding letters of a different alphabet or script. Names from one language are often transliterated into another. |
ungrammatical | Not conforming to grammatical rules. Ungrammatical sentences. |
verse | Compose verses or put into verse. The second verse. |
wording | The manner in which something is expressed in words- G.S.Patton. The standard form of wording for a consent letter. |
writing | Handwriting. The writing is straightforward and accessible. |
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