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indent

/ɪnˈdent/verb

उच्चारण इन्डेन्ट

हाशिया छोड़कर लिखना, इंडेंट करना

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verb
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    [I, T] ~ (sth)

    to start a line of print or writing further from the edge of the page than the other lines

    हाशिया छोड़कर लिखना, इंडेंट करना

    • Indent the first line of each paragraph.
    • The editor asked the typist to indent every paragraph by half an inch.
    • Always indent the first line of a new paragraph in your essay.
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    • The poem is easier to read if you indent the second line.
    • Please indent the lines of the address as shown.
noun/ˈɪndent/
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    [C] ~ (for sth) BrE

    an official order for goods or equipment

    माँग-पत्र, इंडेंट

    • Place an indent for new furniture.
    • The officer signed the indent for forty new chairs for the examination hall.
    • The store manager placed an indent for fifty notebooks.
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    • The department sent an indent to the head office for new computers.
    • Supplies are issued only against a signed indent.

    Synonyms order requisition request demand

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    [C]

    a space at the beginning of a line of print or writing

    (पंक्ति की शुरुआत में) खाली जगह

    • Leave an indent at the start of a paragraph.
    • The poem has an indent at the start of every second line.
    • Leave a small indent at the beginning of each paragraph.
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    • The indent in the first line makes the text look neat.
    • Check the indent of the second stanza in the printed copy.
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in·dent

?Which word?

Keep apart indent and indenture (a formal contract, especially binding a worker; indentured labour was taken from India to colonies such as Fiji and Mauritius).

Indent और indenture (औपचारिक अनुबंध, विशेषकर श्रमिक को बाँधने वाला; गिरमिटिया मज़दूर भारत से फ़िजी और मॉरीशस जैसे उपनिवेशों में ले जाए गए) को अलग रखिए।

§Grammar and usage

Verb inDENT, noun INdent.

Indent का Stress Part of speech के अनुसार बदलता है: Verb में दूसरे syllable पर (inDENT) और noun में पहले syllable पर (INdent)।

In formal letters, paragraphs may be indented or written in block format (no indent).

पत्र-लेखन में औपचारिक पत्रों के अनुच्छेद indent किए जा सकते हैं या block format (बिना indent) में।

Indian English: an indent is an official request for supplies ('raise an indent').

भारतीय English में indent सामग्री का आधिकारिक माँग-पत्र है ('raise an indent')।