paragraph

Paragraph is part of the Academic Word List. It is important for students in college and university.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpæ.rə.græf/
• SAMPA: /"p{.r@.gr{f/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular paragraph

Plural paragraphs

1. (countable) A paragraph is one or more sentences that are written together with no line breaks separating them. Usually they are connected by a single idea.

   She knew what it would say after reading the first paragraph.

   The crash was reported in a single paragraph in the Edinburgh Evening News.

Verb

Plain form paragraph

Third-person singular paragraphs

Past tense paragraphed

Past participle paragraphed

Present participle paragraphing

1. (transitive) If you paragraph something, you break it into paragraphs.

   It's hard to read with no breaks. Can you paragraph it out a bit?