paragraph

Meanings

Noun

• A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.
• 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.

Verb

• To sort text into paragraphs.
• To publish a brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.

Origin

• Borrowed from Middle French paragraphe from Latin paragraphus, from Ancient Greek παράγραφος, from παρά and γράφω.