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hanging indent

hanging indent is the alternative form of hanging indentation.

Meaning of hanging indentation

Noun

hanging indentation (plural hanging indentations)

  1. An indentation that indents the rest of the text while leaving the first line in place.

Forms of hanging indent

pluralhanging indents

Questions about hanging indent

What is hanging indent the alternative form of?
Hanging indent is the alternative form of hanging indentation.

Words near hanging indent in the dictionary

  1. hanging gardens
  2. hanging heavy
  3. Hanging Houghton
  4. hanging in
  5. hanging in the balance
  6. hanging indent
  7. hanging indentation
  8. hanging indentations
  9. hanging indents
  10. hanging judge
  11. hanging judges

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hanging indent (page history and authors); hanging indentation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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