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   paragraph

   /ˈparəɡrɑːf/

   noun

   • 1. a distinct section of a piece of writing, usually dealing with a single theme and indicated by a new line, indentation, or numbering: "the concluding paragraph" Similar sectionsubdivisionpartsubsectiondivisionportionsegmentbitpassageclausereportarticleitempiecenoticewrite-upnotemention

   verb

   • 1. arrange (a piece of writing) in paragraphs: "his style deploys a lack of conventional paragraphing"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from French paragraphe, via medieval Latin from Greek paragraphos ‘short stroke marking a break in sense’, from para- ‘beside’ + graphein ‘write’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. paragraphic adjective

   Scrabble Points: 17

   • P

     3

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • G

     2

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • P

     3

   • H

     4

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