paragraph

Noun

1. A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.
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.

Verb

1. (transitive) To sort text into paragraphs.
2. (transitive) To publish a brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpæɹəɡɹɑːf/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: paragraf

In summary

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, “I write”). Doublet of paragraphos.

Synonyms

section

passage

clause

article

item

segment

chapter

division

title

verse

fragment

portion

joint

part

group

head

indentation

itemise

itemize

knot

🪢

main

measure

member

node

note

par

phase

phrase

piece

point

reach

reading

scrap

sector

selection

sentence

site

solid

song

🎶

stanza

station

🚉

strain

stretch

table

throw

tune

zone

statute title

lesser trochanter

bit

Translations

paragraphe

párrafo

Paragraph

Absatz

paragrafo

Abschnitt

parágrafo

paragraaf

alinéa

alinea

capoverso

akapit

artikel

parágrafo

παράγραφος

Sentences

There seems to be a sentence or paragraph missing on page three .