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sub-paragraph

[par-uh-graf, -grahf] Origin

par·a·graph

[par-uh-graf, -grahf]
noun
1.
a distinct portion of written or printed matter dealing with a particular idea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.
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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Sub-paragraph is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Origin:
1515–25; earlier paragraphe < Greek paragraphḗ marked passage; see para-1, graph

par·a·graph·ism, noun
par·a·gra·phis·ti·cal [par-uh-gruh-fis-ti-kuhl] , adjective
sub·par·a·graph, noun
un·par·a·graphed, adjective
well-par·a·graphed, adjective
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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
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beside," from paragraphein "write by the side," from para- "beside" + graphein "to write."
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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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