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Synonyms for paragraph
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : par-uh-graf, -grahf |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpær əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf |
Top 10 synonyms for paragraph Other synonyms for the word paragraph
- account
- argument
- arrangement
- aspect
- bit
- blurb
- body
- branch
- bulletin
- catch
- codicil
- column
- condition
- consideration
- contents
- context
- conversation piece
- detail
- dispatch
- division
- entry
- extract
- fine print
- fundamentals
- head
- heading
- incidental
- indention
- issue
- item
- joker
- kicker
- limitation
- line
- lines
- main body
- matter
- minor point
- minutia
- motify
- motive
- news
- note
- notice
- novelty
- paragraph
- part
- particular
- passage
- piece
- point
- portion
- provision
- proviso
- quotation
- reading
- report
- requirement
- rider
- scoop
- scrap
- section
- sentence
- small print
- specific
- specification
- stanza
- stipulation
- story
- string attached to something
- subject
- text
- theme
- thesis
- thing
- topic
- transition
- ultimatum
- verse
- vocabulary
- wording
- words
- write-up
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for paragraph
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