paragraph

Meaning

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.

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

artikel

parágrafo

παράγραφος

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.

Sentences

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