paragraph
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əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf noun
1.
a distinct portion of written or printed matter dealing with a particular idea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.
2.
3.
a note, item, or brief article, as in a newspaper.
verb (used with object)
4.
to divide into paragraphs.
5.
to write or publish paragraphs about, as in a newspaper.
6.
to express in a paragraph.
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paragraph (ˈpærəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (in a piece of writing) one of a series of subsections each usually devoted to one idea and each usually marked by the beginning of a new line, indentation, increased interlinear space, etc |
| 2. | printing the character ¶, used as a reference mark or to indicate the beginning of a new paragraph |
| 3. | a short article in a newspaper |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to form into paragraphs |
| 5. | to express or report in a paragraph |
| [C16: from Medieval Latin paragraphus, from Greek paragraphos line drawing attention to part of a text, from paragraphein to write beside, from | |
| paragraphic | |
| —adj | |
| para'graphical | |
| —adj | |
| para'graphically | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
paragraph
1490, from M.Fr. paragraphe (13c., O.Fr. paragrafe), from M.L. paragraphus "sign for start of a new section of discourse" (the sign looked something like a stylized letter -P-), from Gk. paragraphos "short stroke in the margin marking a break in sense," also "a passage so marked," lit. "anything written
beside," from paragraphein "write by the side," from para- "beside" + graphein "to write."
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
paragraph definition
A basic unit of prose. It is usually composed of several sentences that together develop one central idea. The main sentence in a paragraph is called the topic sentence.
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Example sentences
Please refrain from calling them anything else, even in small print, at the end of the last paragraph.
Challenge them to write as succinct but thorough a piece as possible, in as few words as possible-no more than one paragraph.
Not to mention the spurious comma in the second sentence of the second paragraph.
The date in the third paragraph appears to be in error.
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