noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A hanging paragraph.

Verb

1. 1
   To indent negatively, bring towards the margin; to remove an indent.

   "By default, the summary tasks are bold and outdented, and the subtasks are indented beneath them."

Synonyms

All synonyms

dedentdedentunindentunindent

Antonyms

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indent

Example

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"By default, the summary tasks are bold and outdented, and the subtasks are indented beneath them."

Etymology

Modelled on indent, replacing in with its opposite, out.

Related phrases

hanging paragraph

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