PARAGRAPH
\pˈaɹəɡɹˌaf], \pˈaɹəɡɹˌaf], \p_ˈa_ɹ_ə_ɡ_ɹ_ˌa_f]\
Definitions of PARAGRAPH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
Sort: Oldest first
-
one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line
-
write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher
By Princeton University
-
one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line
-
write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
To express in the compass of a paragraph; as, to paragraph an article.
-
To mention in a paragraph or paragraphs
-
To divide into paragraphs; to mark with the character .
By Oddity Software
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
To express in the compass of a paragraph; as, to paragraph an article.
-
To mention in a paragraph or paragraphs
-
To divide into paragraphs; to mark with the character .
By Noah Webster.
-
A small, definite section of a piece of writing; a short passage; a reference mark; an item in a newspaper, magazine, etc..
-
To arrange or divide into deflnite sections or passages of writing; to write a brief passage about.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
-
A distinct part of a discourse or writing: a short passage, or a collection of sentences with unity of purpose.
-
PARAGRAPHIC, PARAGRAPHICAL.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
-
n. [Greek] A distinct part of a writing or discourse ; a section or subdivision;—the character, used as a reference or to mark a division;—any portion or section of a writing or chapter which relates to a particular point, noted by the mark, or more usually by a simple indentation of the first line;—hence, a short passage; a notice or brief remark, as in a newspaper.
Word of the day
Photofrin II
- purified component HEMATOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE, consists a mixture oligomeric porphyrins. used therapy (PHOTORADIATION); treat malignant lesions with visible light and experimentally as an antiviral agent. It is the first drug to be approved in use of photodynamic therapy United States.