Meaning of paragraph | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic
2. A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.
3. A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.
4. A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject
5. A brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.
6. A brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper
7. An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures.
8. An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures
9. To sort text into paragraphs

Equivalents

Examples

“opening paragraph”

“final paragraph”

“paragraph heading”

“Divide the writing into paragraphs.”

“All which land, and all other that shall be possessed in the said Province, are to be held on the same terms and conditions as is before mentioned, and as hereafter in the following paragraphs is more at large express'd.”

“She glanced over a story very rapidly, and if it had too many solid, page-long paragraphs—reflections, descriptions, etc.—she put it sadly but steadfastly aside. If, on the contrary, it was well broken up into conversations, which always impart an air of sprightliness to a book, she said she was sure she would like it, and carried it off in triumph.”

“After you plan your writing, you are ready to write your paragraph for the first time. The first time you write a paragraph, it is called the first draft.”

“Much of its earliest foreign news came direct from the minister, and not seldom in his own hand. Louis XIII. took a keen, perhaps a somewhat childish, interest in the progress of the infant Gazette, and was a frequent contributor, now and then taking his little paragraphs to the printing office himself, and seeing them put into type.”

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