paragraph
Meaning of paragraph
- a distinct section of a piece of writing, usually dealing with a single theme and indicated by a new line, indentation, or numbering.
the concluding paragraph
the information set out in paragraph 3
- arrange (a piece of writing) in paragraphs.
his style deploys a lack of conventional paragraphing
late 15th century: from French paragraphe, via medieval Latin from Greek paragraphos ‘short stroke marking a break in sense’, from para- ‘beside’ + graphein ‘write’.
Information about paragraph
- The plural form of paragraph is: paragraphs.
- Languages in which paragraph is used:
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Hyphenation of paragraph
para-graph
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- paragraph is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
paragraph synonyms
Meaning any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up:
Meaning the action of subdividing or being subdivided:
Meaning an amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something:
Meaning a division of a section:
Meaning the action of separating something into parts or the process of being separated:
Meaning a part of a whole:
Meaning each of the parts into which something is or may be divided:
Meaning a small piece, part, or quantity of something:
Meaning a short extract from a book or other printed material:
Meaning a particular and separate article, stipulation, or proviso in a treaty, bill, or contract:
Meaning an account given of a particular matter, especially in the form of an official document, after thorough investigation or consideration by an appointed person or body:
Meaning a separate clause or paragraph of a legal document or agreement, typically one outlining a single rule or regulation:
Meaning a piece of news or information:
Meaning a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole:
Meaning the fact of observing or paying attention to something:
Meaning a brief record of points or ideas written down as an aid to memory:
Meaning a reference to someone or something:
Words that rhyme with paragraph
paraph, taraph, enseraph, seraph, teraph, Addressograph, Calculagraph, Chinagraph, Dictograph, Klydonograph, Mimeograph, Multigraph, Orthopantomograph, Polarograph, Protectograph, Rectigraph, Spirograph, Stenograph, Stevengraph, Stevensgraph, TelAutograph, Telautograph, Tomograph, Xeroradiograph, Xograph, accelerograph, actinograph, addressograph, aerocartograph, aerograph, aerometeorograph, aeroplethysmograph, airgraph, albedograph, allograph, altigraph, anaglyptograph, anagraph, anapnograph, anemobiagraph, anemograph, anemometrograph, aneroidograph, angiograph, animatograph, anopisthograph, antigraph, apexograph, apograph, arcograph