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Definition of Paragraph
1. Noun. One of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line.
Group relationships: Text, Textual Matter
Derivative terms: Paragrapher
2. Verb. Divide into paragraphs, as of text. "This story is well paragraphed"
3. Verb. Write about in a paragraph. "All her friends were paragraphed in last Monday's paper"
4. Verb. Write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher.
Generic synonyms: Compose, Indite, Pen, Write
Derivative terms: Paragrapher
Definition of Paragraph
1. n. Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject; now, the character ¶, commonly used in the text as a reference mark to a footnote, or to indicate the place of a division into sections.
2. v. t. To divide into paragraphs; to mark with the character ¶.
Definition of Paragraph
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Paragraph
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1. Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. G, a change of subject; now, the character, commonly used in the text as a reference mark to a footnote, or to indicate the place of a division into sections.
This character is merely a modification of a capital P (the initial of the word paragraph), the letter being reversed, and the black part made white and the white part black for the sake of distinctiveness.
2. A distinct part of a discourse or writing; any section or subdivision of a writing or chapter which relates to a particular point, whether consisting of one or many sentences. The division is sometimes noted by the mark, but usually, by beginning the first sentence of the paragraph on a new line and at more than the usual distance from the margin.
3. A brief composition complete in one typographical section or paragraph; an item, remark, or quotation comprised in a few lines forming one paragraph; as, a column of news paragraphs; an editorial paragraph.
Origin: F. Paragraphe, LL. Paragraphus, fr. Gr. (sc) a line or stroke drawn in the margin, fr. To write beside; beside + to write. See Para-, and Graphic, and cf. Paraph.
1. To divide into paragraphs; to mark with the character Lexicographical Neighbors of Paragraph
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