paragraph
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents |
[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology
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".
[edit] Noun
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.
[edit] Translations
passage in text
|
|
[edit] Usage notes
False friend of the Polish term paragraf.
[edit] Verb
paragraph (third-person singular simple present paragraphs, present participle paragraphing, simple past and past participle paragraphed)
- To sort text into paragraphs.
[edit] Translations
sort text into paragraphs
|
|