paragraph
See also: Paragraph
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French paragraphe from Latin paragraphus (“sign for start of a new section of discourse”), from Ancient Greek παράγραφος (parágraphos), from παρά (pará, “beside”) and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɛɹəɡɹæf/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹəɡɹɑːf/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: par‧a‧graph
Noun
paragraph (plural paragraphs)
Translations
passage in text
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Verb
paragraph (third-person singular simple present paragraphs, present participle paragraphing, simple past and past participle paragraphed)
- To sort text into paragraphs.
Translations
sort text into paragraphs
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