Paragraph - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpærəɡræf|  American pronunciation of the word paragraph
Brit.  |ˈpærəɡrɑːf|  British pronunciation of the word paragraph

noun

- one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line

verb

- divide into paragraphs, as of text
This story is well paragraphed
- write about in a paragraph
All her friends were paragraphed in last Monday's paper
- write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher

Extra examples

In the second paragraph from the bottom, you've misspelled “their” as “thier.”

Please refer to section 2, paragraph 4 for the appropriate information.

The two introductory paragraphs were written by the editor.

He has made a flaming paragraph of it in his newspaper.

I will paragraph you in every newspaper.

This story is well paragraphed

All her friends were paragraphed in last Monday's paper

Pay particularly close attention to the second paragraph.

Underline the key words or phrases in the paragraph.

...the symbol ¶ indicates where a new paragraph should begin...

Here is my revision of the paragraph.

You should avoid changing tense in the middle of a paragraph.

The final paragraph of the essay crystallizes her theory.

Her theory crystallizes in the final paragraph of the essay.

Our style guidelines call for indentation of the first line of each paragraph.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: paragraph
he/she/it: paragraphs
present participle: paragraphing
past tense: paragraphed
past participle: paragraphed
noun
singular: paragraph
plural: paragraphs
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