paragraph
Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹəɡɹɑːf/
The English word “paragraph” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.
- A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.
- A brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.
- An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures.
verb
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.
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- paragrammatism
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