paragraph
/ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/ noun A1- 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· final paragraph
- 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.
Plural paragraphs
From the library
Beauchamp was breakfasting when he read the paragraph.
“The paragraph was correct, my friend.”
“You may think my departure strange and foolish,” said the young man; “you do not know how a paragraph in a newspaper may exasperate one.
It was the Echo for the day, and the paragraph to which he pointed was devoted to the case in question.
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