paragraph en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio nMmmm
- /ˈpaɾəɡɾaf/ (Wales)
- (US) audio Mmmm
- /ˈpæɹəɡɹɑːf/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈpaɾəɡɾaf/ (Scotland)
- /ˈpaɹəɡɹaf/ (Northern-England)
- /ˈpɛɹəɡɹæf/ US, Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/ (US) without the Mary–marry–merry merger
- /-ɡɾaːf/ (Wales)
Etymology
From Middle English paragraf, 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, “to write”). Doublet of paragraphos.
Meanings
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A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.
After you plan your writing, you are ready to write your paragraph for the first time. The first time you write a paragraph, it is called the first draft.
2005, Jill Singleton, “Chapter 1: A Morning Person or a Night Person?”, in Writers at Work: The Paragraph (Student's Book), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 10:final paragraph
She glanced over a story very rapidly, and if it had too many solid, page-long paragraphs—reflections, descriptions, etc.—she put it sadly but steadfastly aside. If, on the contrary, it was well broken up into conversations, which always impart an air of sprightliness to a book, she said she was sure she would like it, and carried it off in triumph.
1892, Agnes Repplier, “Conversation in Novels”, in Essays in Miniature, pages 59-60:opening paragraph
Divide the writing into paragraphs.
All which land, and all other that shall be possessed in the said Province, are to be held on the same terms and conditions as is before mentioned, and as hereafter in the following paragraphs is more at large express'd.
1664, The Concession and Agreement of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of New Caesarea, or New Jersey, to and With All and Every the Adventurers and All Such as Shall Settle or Plant There, And that the planting of the said province may be the more speedily promoted, paragraph V:paragraph heading
- (qualifier:originally) A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.
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A brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.
Much of its earliest foreign news came direct from the minister, and not seldom in his own hand. Louis XIII. took a keen, perhaps a somewhat childish, interest in the progress of the infant Gazette, and was a frequent contributor, now and then taking his little paragraphs to the printing office himself, and seeing them put into type.
1911, “Newspapers”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, volume 19, New York, N.Y.: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., page 572:
- An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| paragraphs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
paragraphism · lead paragraph · reparagraph · sentegraph · multiparagraph · paragraph break · paragraph marker · paragraphize · paragrapher · subparagraph · paragraph sign · paragraphlet · sub-paragraph · hanging paragraph · paragraphic · interparagraph · paragraphless · paragraph character · paragraph mark · paragraphist
Translations (128)
fi kappale (passage in text) · sh пара̀граф (passage in text) · ga mír (passage in text) · be абза́ц (passage in text) · ka პარაგრაფი (passage in text) · sv avsnitt (passage in text) · ar فِقْرَة (passage in text) · tg параграф (passage in text) · pl akapit (passage in text) · cmn 自然段 (passage in text) · af paragraaf (passage in text) · bn অনুচ্ছেদ (passage in text) · sv stycke (passage in text) · fy alinea (passage in text) · yue 段落 (passage in text) · nl alinea (passage in text) · et paragrahv (passage in text) · et lõik (passage in text) · fi paragraafi (passage in text) · sq paragraf (passage in text) · es parágrafo (passage in text) · tr paragraf (passage in text) · io paragrafo (passage in text) · uk абза́ц (passage in text) · lo ວັກ (passage in text) · pl paragraf (passage in text) · az abzas (passage in text) · is málsgrein (passage in text) · th ย่อหน้า (passage in text) · cmn 段落 (passage in text) · my ပိုဒ် (passage in text) · sh paràgraf (passage in text) · mn догол мөр (passage in text) · nl paragraaf (passage in text) · tg банд (passage in text) · tk abzas (passage in text) · sk odsek (passage in text) · cmn 段 (passage in text) · tr fıkra (passage in text) · sa अनुच्छेद (passage in text) · ast párrafu (passage in text) · fr paragraphe (passage in text) · gl parágrafo (passage in text) · ms paragraf (passage in text) · az paraqraf (passage in text) · kk абзац (passage in text) · hu bekezdés (passage in text) · lo ປະຣິເສດ (passage in text) · enm paraf (passage in text) · mi whiti (passage in text) · de Paragraph (passage in text) · uz xatboshi (passage in text) · hy պարբերություն (passage in text) · fa-ira پاراگْراف (passage in text) · fr alinéa (passage in text) · da paragraf (passage in text) · uk пара́граф (passage in text) · bg парагра́ф (passage in text) · eo paragrafo (passage in text) · kk азат жол (passage in text) · pt parágrafo (passage in text) · eo alineo (passage in text) · id paragraf (passage in text) · om keeyyata (passage in text) · be пара́граф (passage in text) · as দফা (passage in text) · hi पैराग्राफ़ (passage in text) · mk став (passage in text) · lv rindkopa (passage in text) · th อนุเฉท (passage in text) · es acápite (passage in text) · ky параграф (passage in text) · gu ફકરો (passage in text) · hi अनुच्छेद (passage in text) · nn avsnitt (passage in text) · sh pȁsus (passage in text) · lo ປະລິເສດ (passage in text) · da afsnit (passage in text) · ru пара́граф (passage in text) · uz paragraf (passage in text) · km វគ្គ (passage in text) · ga paragraf (passage in text) · km វោត (passage in text) · af alinea (passage in text) · es párrafo (passage in text) · ga alt (passage in text) · lt paragrafas (passage in text) · mn ᠳᠣᠭᠤᠯ ᠮᠥᠷ (passage in text) · el παράγραφος (passage in text) · sk odstavec (passage in text) · kk параграф (passage in text) · de Absatz (passage in text) · mhr абзац (passage in text) · ml ഖണ്ഡിക (passage in text) · ia paragrapho (passage in text) · ms perenggan (passage in text) · sh па̏сус (passage in text) · it paragrafo (passage in text) · ur پَیراگْراف (passage in text) · tg абзас (passage in text) · vi đoạn (passage in text) · tl talataan (passage in text) · vo bagaf (passage in text) · he פִּיסְקָה \ פִּסְקָה (passage in text) · mk ставка (passage in text) · sl odstavek (passage in text) · id alinea (passage in text) · ota فقره (passage in text) · ka აბზაცი (passage in text) · my အပိုဒ် (passage in text) · ur پَیراگِراف (passage in text) · ky абзац (passage in text) · ug ئابزاس (passage in text) · fa-ira بَنْد (passage in text) · cs odstavec (passage in text) · tk paragraf (passage in text) · ro paragraf (passage in text) · ko 단락 (passage in text) · nb avsnitt (passage in text) · ca paràgraf (passage in text) · uz abzats (passage in text) · ru абза́ц (passage in text) · sv paragraf (passage in text) · ar بَنْد (passage in text) · lv paragrāfs (passage in text) · ug پاراگراف (passage in text) · ja 段落 (passage in text) · la paragraphus (passage in text)