paragraph
paragraph Lexical Profile
paragraph Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A distinct section of a piece of writing, usually dealing with a single theme and indicated by a new line, indentation, or numbering.
"Please revise the introductory paragraph so that your main thesis is immediately clear to the reader."
A typographical symbol (¶), also called a pilcrow, used in printing and editing to mark the beginning of a new section of text.
"The proofreader drew a paragraph in the margin to show where the long block of text should be split."
• verb
To divide or arrange a piece of writing into distinct paragraphs.
"The editor carefully paragraphed the continuous transcript to make the interview easier to read."
• Rhymes for paragraph
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French paragraphe, via Medieval Latin from Ancient Greek paragraphos ('a short stroke in the margin marking a break in sense'), formed from para- ('beside') and graphein ('to write').