paragraph
Americannoun
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a distinct portion of written or printed matter dealing with a particular idea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.
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a note, item, or brief article, as in a newspaper.
verb (used with object)
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to divide into paragraphs.
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to write or publish paragraphs about, as in a newspaper.
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to express in a paragraph.
noun
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(in a piece of writing) one of a series of subsections each usually devoted to one idea and each usually marked by the beginning of a new line, indentation, increased interlinear space, etc
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printing the character ¶, used as a reference mark or to indicate the beginning of a new paragraph
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a short article in a newspaper
verb
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to form into paragraphs
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to express or report in a paragraph
Other Word Forms
- paragraphic adjective
- paragraphically adverb
- paragraphism noun
- paragraphistical adjective
- subparagraph noun
- unparagraphed adjective
- well-paragraphed adjective
Etymology
Origin of paragraph
1515–25; earlier paragraphe < Greek paragraphḗ marked passage; para- 1, graph
Example Sentences
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“Behind every one of those paragraphs in that complaint is a human story,” said Dunn, the lawyer representing the female inmates.
From Los Angeles Times
Most readers wrote a list of complaints or several paragraphs.
From Los Angeles Times
Here's the sentence in bold, followed by the paragraph:
From BBC
When approached, he showed that he had about half a dozen paragraphs done and was cursing his fate as a newspaper deadline writer.
From Los Angeles Times
So I’ll go through the paragraph several times until I can finally zip past that line.
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