Word.ws English Dictionary

reindent

reindent verb: to indent again.

Verb

reindent (third-person singular simple present reindents, present participle reindenting, simple past and past participle reindented)

  1. To indent again.
    • After the word layout is changed, you must go back and reindent the text.

Forms of reindent

third-person singular presentreindents
present participlereindenting
past participlereindented
pastreindented

Origin of reindent

From re- + indent.

Questions about reindent

What does reindent mean?
Reindent means to indent again.
What part of speech is reindent?
Reindent is a verb.
What is the past tense of reindent?
The past tense of reindent is reindented.

Words near reindent in the dictionary

  1. reindeer spitz
  2. reindeer spitzes
  3. reindeering
  4. reindeerlike
  5. reindeers
  6. reindent
  7. reindentation
  8. reindented
  9. reindenting
  10. reindents
  11. reindenture

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reindent (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “reindent.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/reindent. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.