paragraph
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle French paragraphe from Latin paragraphus (“sign for start of a new section of discourse”) " from Ancient Greek παράγραφος, from παρά (“beside”) and γράφω (“I write”).
Noun [edit]
Wikipedia paragraph (plural paragraphs)
- A passage in text that is about a different subject from the preceding text, marked by commencing on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented.
Translations [edit]
passage in text
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Verb [edit]
paragraph (third-person singular simple present paragraphs, present participle paragraphing, simple past and past participle paragraphed)
- To sort text into paragraphs.
Translations [edit]
sort text into paragraphs
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