paragraph
A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.
Noun 4 meanings
A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.
“opening paragraph”
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 2 meanings
To sort text into paragraphs.
To publish a brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.
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.
PARAGRAPH at a glance
PARAGRAPH has 9 letters and scores 17 points in Scrabble (P 3 + A 1 + R 1 + A 1 + G 2 + R 1 + A 1 + P 3 + H 4) and 19 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,709 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with paragraph
All rhymes- PHOTOGRAPH21
- GRAPH11
- TELEGRAPH15
- AUTOGRAPH15
- MONOGRAPH17
- EPITAPH14
- POLYGRAPH20
- PHONOGRAPH21
- CHRONOGRAPH22
- CENOTAPH15
- STAPH10
- LITHOGRAPH19
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