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paragraph

[ par-uh-graf, -grahf ]

noun

  1. a distinct portion of written or printed matter dealing with a particular idea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.
  2. a note, item, or brief article, as in a newspaper.


verb (used with object)

  1. to divide into paragraphs.
  2. to write or publish paragraphs about, as in a newspaper.
  3. to express in a paragraph.

paragraph

/ ˈpærəˌɡrɑːf; -ˌɡræf; ˌpærəˈɡræfɪk /

noun

  1. (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
  2. printing the character ¶, used as a reference mark or to indicate the beginning of a new paragraph
  3. a short article in a newspaper
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to form into paragraphs
  2. to express or report in a paragraph
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

paragraph

  1. A basic unit of prose. It is usually composed of several sentences that together develop one central idea. The main sentence in a paragraph is called the topic sentence .
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Derived Forms

  • paragraphic, adjective
  • ˌ貹ˈ󾱳, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • 貹a·· noun
  • 貹···󾱲·پ· [par-, uh, -gr, uh, -, fis, -ti-k, uh, l], adjective
  • ܲ·貹a· noun
  • ܲ·貹a· adjective
  • ɱ-貹a· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of paragraph1

1515–25; earlier paragraphe < Greek 貹ḗ marked passage; para- 1, graph
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of paragraph1

C16: from Medieval Latin paragraphus, from Greek paragraphos line drawing attention to part of a text, from paragraphein to write beside, from para- 1+ graphein to write
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In the meantime, we are 19 paragraphs into this column and finally getting to Mike Trout, the greatest player in franchise history.

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This was the second paragraph: “ ‘Imagine if there was actually a fire,’ my desk partner giggled.

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The book’s final paragraph is about Abalone Cove, the watery destination of the continuing landslide.

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The paragraph also contains a vague and lukewarm reference to the idea of European peacekeepers, which have been pitched by the UK and France, with the line attributed only to the Ukrainian delegation.

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And now for those two great tales I wrote about some paragraphs earlier.

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