paragraph

Academic Word List, sublist 8.

About 15.74 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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

2. noun A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.
3. noun A brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.
4. noun An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures.
5. verb To sort text into paragraphs.
6. verb To publish a brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.

Similar words

text comma article subparagraph figure number recital subsection clause aspect

Often followed by

of is in and to

Word family

paragraphed paragraphic paragraphing paragraphs