paragraph
//ˈpæɹəɡɹɑːf//
Forms
- Plural
- paragraphs
- present (v1)
- paragraph
- past (v2)
- paragraphed
- past participle (v3)
- paragraphed
- present participle
- paragraphing
- 3rd person singular
- paragraphs
Definitions
1.A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.
- Divide the writing into paragraphs.
- After you plan your writing, you are ready to write your paragraph for the first time. The first time you write a paragraph, it is called the first draft.
- All which land, and all other that shall be possessed in the said Province, are to be held on the same terms and conditions as is before mentioned, and as hereafter in the following paragraphs is more at large express'd.
2.A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.
3.A brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.
4.An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures.
1.To publish a brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.
2.To sort text into paragraphs.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4228
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English paragraf, from Middle French paragraphe from Latin paragraphus (“sign for start of a new section of discourse”), from Ancient Greek παράγραφος (parágraphos), from παρά (pará, “beside”) and γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).
Doublet of paragraphos.