Paragraph

Noun

 * 1) A passage in text that is about a different subject from the preceding text, marked by commencing on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented.

Verb

 * 1) To sort text into paragraphs.

Adjectives for Paragraph
scandalous; scurrilous; inky; injurious; editorial; priceless; linking; pregnant; pathetic; illuminating; offensive; striking; long; trenchant; involved; complicated; overlong; transitional; brisk.

Verbs for Paragraph
aggregate —s; amass —s; arrange in —; confine to—; connect—s; constitute—; couch in—; divide into —s; indent—; partition into —s; phrase—; quote—; recast—; recount—; stumble upon—; communicates;—deals with; —embodies; —expresses.

Thesaurus
adjectival phrase, article, back matter, book, causerie, chapter, clause, column, conceive, construction, couch, couch in terms, descant, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, embody in words, essay, etude, examination, excursus, exposition, express, expression, fascicle, feature, first approach, folio, formularize, formulate, frame, front matter, gathering, give expression to, give words to, headed group, homily, idiom, idiotism, installment, introductory study, livraison, locution, lucubration, manner of speaking, memoir, monograph, morceau, note, noun phrase, number, outline, page, pandect, paper, part, passage, peculiar expression, period, phrasal idiom, phrase, piece, preliminary study, present, prolegomenon, put, put in words, research paper, rhetorize, screed, section, sentence, serial, set out, set phrase, sheet, signature, sketch, special article, standard phrase, state, study, style, survey, syntactic structure, term, term paper, text, theme, thesis, tract, tractate, treatise, treatment, turn of expression, turn of phrase, usage, utterance, verb complex, verb phrase, verbalism, verse, volume, way of speaking, word, word-group

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"pEr\@gr\{f/}}

Etymology
From paragraphe from  paragraphus "sign for start of a new section of discourse" from  παράγραφος from παρά "beside" and γράφω "I write".

Noun

 * Arabic: فقرة
 * Armenian: պարբերություն (parberut'yun)
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 * Mandarin: ,
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 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: kappale, paragraafi
 * French: ,
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 * Interlingua: paragrapho
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 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: odstavek
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Usage notes
False friend of the Polish term paragraf.

Verb

 * Greek: παραγραφοποιώ


 * Italian:

Noun

 * 1)  article, paragraph (section of a legal document)

Derived terms

 * Paragraphenreiter
 * Paragraphenzeichen

Alternative forms

 * Paragraf