paragraph
noun
- a portion of text composed of one or more sentences
verb
- write paragraphs
- divide into paragraphs
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹəɡɹɑːf/ / /ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/ / /ˈpɛɹəɡɹæf/
noun
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.
- A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.
“opening paragraph”
“final paragraph”
- A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.
- A brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.
“Much of its earliest foreign news came direct from the minister, and not seldom in his own hand. Louis XIII. took a keen, perhaps a somewhat childish, interest in the progress of the infant Gazette, and was a frequent contributor, now and then taking his little paragraphs to the printing office himself, and seeing them put into type.”
- An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures.
verb
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.
- To sort text into paragraphs.
- To publish a brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.