paragraph
A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented,…A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.
» Start a new paragraph here.
Начни новый параграф здесь.
Начни с нового абзаца здесь.
Новий абзац починай отут.
Meaning
4 sensesA passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.
opening paragraph
final paragraph
Absatz, Paragraph
абза́цabzác, пара́графparágraf
пара́графparáhraf, абза́цabzác
one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line
A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.
A brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.
An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures.
Examples
76 sentencesStart a new paragraph here.
Новий абзац починай отут.
ruНачни новый параграф здесь.
Let's skip to the last paragraph.
Which paragraph are you referring to?
Can you understand the meaning of this paragraph?
ruТы понимаешь смысл этого параграфа?
Turn to page 30, and read the third paragraph.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English paragraf, from Middle French paragraphe from Latin paragraphus (“signFrom Middle English paragraf, from Middle French paragraphe from Latin paragraphus (“sign for start of a new section of discourse”), from Ancient Greek παράγραφος (parágraphos), from παρά (pará, “beside”) and γράφω (gráphō, “to write”). Doublet of paragraphos.
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Forms
plural: paragraphs| Singular | paragraph |
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| Plural | paragraphs |
regular