Antonyms for paragraph

Grammar : Noun

Spell : par-uh-graf, -grahf

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpær əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf

Definition of paragraph

Origin : late 15c., from Middle French paragraphe "division of text" (13c., Old French paragrafe), from Medieval Latin paragraphus "sign for start of a new section of discourse" (the sign looked something like a stylized letter -P-), from Greek paragraphos "short stroke in the margin marking a break in sense," also "a passage so marked," literally "anything written beside," from paragraphein "write by the side," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + graphein "to write" (see -graphy).

As in item : noun part, article
As in article : noun section of document
As in passage : noun excerpt from document
As in text : noun subject matter of document
As in indentation : noun division
As in clause : noun provision in document

Example sentences :

Before returning it to his pocket he stole a glance at the last lines of a paragraph.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

Here and there a paragraph was marked, and leaves dog's-eared.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

The Times of to-day has a paragraph on the big trees of California.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870 » by Various

She cannot love him, or she could not be thinking of a paragraph in the newspaper at this moment.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

As it's so serious the paragraph shall go in, I promise you.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Sir, that paragraph is an excrescence on the tree of our liberty.
Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.

Its first paragraph, to the word "separation," is a noble introduction.
Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.

Illustrations have been moved where necessary so that they are not in the middle of a paragraph.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

There was a paragraph in a corner of the paper, which caught his eye at once.
Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine

One of the brethren thought it his duty to show this paragraph to John.
Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Synonyms for paragraph

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