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. — aandrusiak
ruНачни новый параграф здесь. — Lenin_1917
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? — odexed
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