paragraph
pronunciation
How to pronounce paragraph in British English:
UK [ˈpærəɡrɑːf]
How to pronounce paragraph in American English:
US [ˈpærəɡræf]
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- Noun:
- one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line
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- Verb:
- divide into paragraphs, as of text
- write about in a paragraph
- write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher
Word Origin
- paragraph (n.)
- late 15c., from Middle French paragraphe "division of text" (13c., Old French paragrafe), from Medieval Latin paragraphus "sign for start of a new section of discourse" (the sign looked something like a stylized letter -P-), from Greek paragraphos "short stroke in the margin marking a break in sense," also "a passage so marked," literally "anything written beside," from paragraphein "write by the side," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + graphein "to write" (see -graphy).
Example
- 1. I wrote the story , including one paragraph about the program that got david lauded as a statesman .
- 2. Updates with closing share price in the ninth paragraph .
- 3. Please indent the first line of each paragraph .
- 4. The commission shall publish in the federal register and provide notice to the public of the marks or notices prescribed under this paragraph .
- 5. He can cram eight bible stories into a single paragraph .