"paragraph" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpæɹəɡɹɑːf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/ [General-American], /ˈpɛɹəɡɹæf/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ne-paragraph.ogg [US], en-us-paragraph.ogg [US] Forms: paragraphs [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English paragraf, from Middle French paragraphe from Latin paragraphus (“sign for start of a new section of discourse”), from Ancient Greek παράγραφος (parágraphos), from παρά (pará, “beside”) and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”). Doublet of paragraphos. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|paragraf}} Middle English paragraf, {{der|en|frm|paragraphe}} Middle French paragraphe, {{der|en|la|paragraphus|t=sign for start of a new section of discourse}} Latin paragraphus (“sign for start of a new section of discourse”), {{der|en|grc|παράγραφος}} Ancient Greek παράγραφος (parágraphos), {{m|grc|παρά||beside}} παρά (pará, “beside”), {{m|grc|γράφω||I write}} γράφω (gráphō, “I write”), {{doublet|en|paragraphos}} Doublet of paragraphos Head templates: {{en-noun}} paragraph (plural paragraphs)
  1. A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic. Categories (topical): Textual division Translations (passage in text): keeyyata (Afan Oromo), paragraaf (Afrikaans), alinea (Afrikaans), paragraf [masculine] (Albanian), فِقْرَة (fiqra) [feminine] (Arabic), بَنْد (band) [masculine] [legal, law] (Arabic), պարբերություն (parberutʿyun) (Armenian), দফা (dopha) (Assamese), párrafu [masculine] (Asturian), abzas (Azerbaijani), paraqraf (Azerbaijani), пара́граф (paráhraf) [masculine] (Belarusian), абза́ц (abzác) [masculine] (Belarusian), অনুচ্ছেদ (onucched) (Bengali), парагра́ф (paragráf) [masculine] (Bulgarian), အပိုဒ် (a.puid) (Burmese), ပိုဒ် (puid) (Burmese), paràgraf [masculine] (Catalan), 段落 (dyun⁶ lok⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), (duàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 段落 (duànluò) (Chinese Mandarin), 自然段 (zìránduàn) (Chinese Mandarin), odstavec [masculine] (Czech), paragraf [common-gender] (Danish), afsnit [neuter] (Danish), alinea [feminine] (Dutch), paragraaf [masculine] (Dutch), alineo (Esperanto), paragrafo (Esperanto), paragrahv (Estonian), lõik (Estonian), kappale (Finnish), paragraafi (Finnish), paragraphe [masculine] (French), alinéa [masculine] (French), parágrafo [masculine] (Galician), აბზაცი (abzaci) (Georgian), პარაგრაფი (ṗaragrapi) (Georgian), Absatz [masculine] (German), Paragraph [masculine] [legal, law] (German), παράγραφος (parágrafos) [feminine] (Greek), פִּיסְקָה \ פִּסְקָה (piská) [feminine] (Hebrew), अनुच्छेद (anucched) [masculine] (Hindi), पैराग्राफ़ (pairāgrāf) [masculine] (Hindi), bekezdés (Hungarian), málsgrein [feminine] (Icelandic), paragrafo (Ido), paragraf (Indonesian), alinea (Indonesian), paragrapho (Interlingua), پاراگْراف (pârâgrâf) (Iranian Persian), بَنْد (band) (Iranian Persian), paragraf [masculine] (Irish), alt [masculine] (Irish), mír [feminine] (Irish), paragrafo [masculine] (Italian), 段落 (danraku) (alt: だんらく) (Japanese), абзац (abzas) (Kazakh), азат жол (azat jol) (Kazakh), параграф (paragraf) (Kazakh), វគ្គ (vĕək) (Khmer), វោត (voot) [rare] (Khmer), 단락 (dallak) (alt: 段落) (Korean), абзац (abzats) (Kyrgyz), параграф (paragraf) (Kyrgyz), ວັກ (wak) (Lao), ປະລິເສດ (pa li sēt) (Lao), ປະຣິເສດ (pa ri sēt) (Lao), paragraphus [feminine, masculine] (Latin), rindkopa [feminine] (Latvian), paragrāfs [masculine] (Latvian), paragrafas [masculine] (Lithuanian), став (stav) [masculine] (Macedonian), ставка (stavka) [feminine] (Macedonian), perenggan (Malay), paragraf (Malay), whiti (Maori), paraf (Middle English), догол мөр (dogol mör) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠳᠣᠭᠤᠯ ᠮᠥᠷ (doɣul mör) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), avsnitt [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), avsnitt [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), فقره (fıkra) (Ottoman Turkish), akapit [masculine] (Polish), parágrafo [masculine] (Portuguese), paragraf [neuter] (Romanian), абза́ц (abzác) [masculine] (Russian), пара́граф (parágraf) [masculine] (Russian), अनुच्छेद (anuccheda) [masculine] (Sanskrit), па̏сус [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), пара̀граф [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pȁsus [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), paràgraf [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), odsek [masculine] (Slovak), odstavec [masculine] (Slovak), odstavek [masculine] (Slovene), párrafo [masculine] (Spanish), stycke [neuter] (Swedish), avsnitt (english: grammatical) [neuter] (Swedish), paragraf [common-gender] [law] (Swedish), talataan (Tagalog), параграф (paragraf) (Tajik), абзас (abzas) (Tajik), банд (band) (Tajik), อนุเฉท (à-nú-chèet) (Thai), ย่อหน้า (yɔ̂ɔ-nâa) (Thai), paragraf (Turkish), fıkra [law] (Turkish), abzas (Turkmen), paragraf (Turkmen), пара́граф (paráhraf) [masculine] (Ukrainian), абза́ц (abzác) [masculine] (Ukrainian), پَیراگْراف (pairāgrāf) [masculine] (Urdu), پَیراگِراف (pairāgirāf) [masculine] (Urdu), پاراگراف (paragraf) (Uyghur), ئابزاس (abzas) (Uyghur), paragraf (Uzbek), xatboshi (Uzbek), abzats (Uzbek), đoạn (alt: ) (Vietnamese), bagaf (Volapük), alinea (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-paragraph-en-noun-0FFJ~SG1 Disambiguation of Textual division: 11 19 24 11 12 24 Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'passage in text': 73 13 6 8
  2. (originally) A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject. Categories (topical): Textual division
    Sense id: en-paragraph-en-noun-m2W3PcfX Disambiguation of Textual division: 11 19 24 11 12 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 30 9 24 18 11
  3. A brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper. Categories (topical): Textual division
    Sense id: en-paragraph-en-noun-0BJuM1d0 Disambiguation of Textual division: 11 19 24 11 12 24
  4. (computing) An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures. Categories (topical): Computing, Textual division
    Sense id: en-paragraph-en-noun-gOpfU1ZG Disambiguation of Textual division: 11 19 24 11 12 24 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hanging paragraph, paragraph break, paragraph mark, sub-paragraph

Verb

IPA: /ˈpæɹəɡɹɑːf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/ [General-American], /ˈpɛɹəɡɹæf/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ne-paragraph.ogg [US], en-us-paragraph.ogg [US] Forms: paragraphs [present, singular, third-person], paragraphing [participle, present], paragraphed [participle, past], paragraphed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English paragraf, from Middle French paragraphe from Latin paragraphus (“sign for start of a new section of discourse”), from Ancient Greek παράγραφος (parágraphos), from παρά (pará, “beside”) and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”). Doublet of paragraphos. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|paragraf}} Middle English paragraf, {{der|en|frm|paragraphe}} Middle French paragraphe, {{der|en|la|paragraphus|t=sign for start of a new section of discourse}} Latin paragraphus (“sign for start of a new section of discourse”), {{der|en|grc|παράγραφος}} Ancient Greek παράγραφος (parágraphos), {{m|grc|παρά||beside}} παρά (pará, “beside”), {{m|grc|γράφω||I write}} γράφω (gráphō, “I write”), {{doublet|en|paragraphos}} Doublet of paragraphos Head templates: {{en-verb}} paragraph (third-person singular simple present paragraphs, present participle paragraphing, simple past and past participle paragraphed)
  1. To sort text into paragraphs. Categories (topical): Textual division Translations (sort text into paragraphs): paragrafar (Galician), παραγραφοποιώ (paragrafopoió) (Greek), paragrafare (Italian), styckindela (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-paragraph-en-verb-ryPQiNGG Disambiguation of Textual division: 11 19 24 11 12 24 Disambiguation of 'sort text into paragraphs': 98 2
  2. To publish a brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper. Categories (topical): Textual division
    Sense id: en-paragraph-en-verb-GY5Zhpwm Disambiguation of Textual division: 11 19 24 11 12 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms:

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "om",
          "lang": "Afan Oromo",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "keeyyata"
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          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "paragraaf"
        },
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          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "alinea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "paragraf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "fiqra",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "فِقْرَة"
        },
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "band",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "topics": [
            "legal",
            "law"
          ],
          "word": "بَنْد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "parberutʿyun",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "պարբերություն"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "dopha",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "দফা"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "párrafu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "abzas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "paraqraf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "paráhraf",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пара́граф"
        },
        {
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "abzác",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "абза́ц"
        },
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          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "onucched",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "অনুচ্ছেদ"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "paragráf",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "парагра́ф"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "a.puid",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "အပိုဒ်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "puid",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "ပိုဒ်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "paràgraf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "dyun⁶ lok⁶",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "段落"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "duàn",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "段"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "duànluò",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "段落"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zìránduàn",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "自然段"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "odstavec"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "paragraf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "afsnit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alinea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "alineo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "paragrafo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "paragrahv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "lõik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "kappale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "paragraafi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "paragraphe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "alinéa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "parágrafo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "abzaci",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "აბზაცი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṗaragrapi",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "word": "პარაგრაფი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Absatz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "topics": [
            "legal",
            "law"
          ],
          "word": "Paragraph"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "parágrafos",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "παράγραφος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "piská",
          "sense": "passage in text",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "פִּיסְקָה \\ פִּסְקָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 13 6 8",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "anucched",
          "sense": "passage in text",
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          "word": "παραγραφοποιώ"
        },
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          "sense": "sort text into paragraphs",
          "word": "paragrafare"
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          "word": "styckindela"
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    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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      "glosses": [
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      ]
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          "memory"
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          "architecture"
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        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
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    {
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Afan Oromo",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "keeyyata"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "paragraaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "alinea"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paragraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fiqra",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "فِقْرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "band",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "legal",
        "law"
      ],
      "word": "بَنْد"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "parberutʿyun",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "պարբերություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "dopha",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "দফা"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "párrafu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "abzas"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "paraqraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "paráhraf",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пара́граф"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "abzác",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "абза́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "onucched",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "অনুচ্ছেদ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "paragráf",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "парагра́ф"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "a.puid",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "အပိုဒ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "puid",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "ပိုဒ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paràgraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "dyun⁶ lok⁶",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "段落"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duàn",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "段"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duànluò",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "段落"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zìránduàn",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "自然段"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "odstavec"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "paragraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "afsnit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alinea"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paragraaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "alineo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "paragrafo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "paragrahv"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "lõik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "kappale"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "paragraafi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paragraphe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alinéa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parágrafo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "abzaci",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "აბზაცი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗaragrapi",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "პარაგრაფი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Absatz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "legal",
        "law"
      ],
      "word": "Paragraph"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parágrafos",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "παράγραφος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "piská",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פִּיסְקָה \\ פִּסְקָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "anucched",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "अनुच्छेद"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pairāgrāf",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पैराग्राफ़"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "bekezdés"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "málsgrein"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "paragrafo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "paragraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "alinea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "paragrapho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paragraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mír"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paragrafo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "だんらく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "danraku",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "段落"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "abzas",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "абзац"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "azat jol",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "азат жол"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "paragraf",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "параграф"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "vĕək",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "វគ្គ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "voot",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "វោត"
    },
    {
      "alt": "段落",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dallak",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "단락"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "abzats",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "абзац"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "paragraf",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "параграф"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "wak",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "ວັກ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pa li sēt",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "ປະລິເສດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pa ri sēt",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "ປະຣິເສດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paragraphus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rindkopa"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paragrāfs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paragrafas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "stav",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "став"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "stavka",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ставка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "perenggan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "paragraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "whiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "paraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "dogol mör",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "догол мөр"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "doɣul mör",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠳᠣᠭᠤᠯ ᠮᠥᠷ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "avsnitt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "avsnitt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "fıkra",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "فقره"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "pârâgrâf",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "پاراگْراف"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "band",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "بَنْد"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "akapit"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parágrafo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "paragraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "abzác",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "абза́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "parágraf",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пара́граф"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "anuccheda",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "अनुच्छेद"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "па̏сус"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пара̀граф"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pȁsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paràgraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "odsek"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "odstavec"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "odstavek"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "párrafo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stycke"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "grammatical",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "avsnitt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ],
      "word": "paragraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "talataan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "paragraf",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "параграф"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "abzas",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "абзас"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "band",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "банд"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "à-nú-chèet",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "อนุเฉท"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "yɔ̂ɔ-nâa",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "ย่อหน้า"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "paragraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ],
      "word": "fıkra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "abzas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "paragraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "paráhraf",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пара́граф"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "abzác",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "абза́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "pairāgrāf",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "پَیراگْراف"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "pairāgirāf",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "پَیراگِراف"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "paragraf",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "پاراگراف"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "abzas",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "ئابزاس"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "paragraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "xatboshi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "abzats"
    },
    {
      "alt": "段",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "đoạn"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "bagaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "passage in text",
      "word": "alinea"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "paragraph"
  ],
  "word": "paragraph"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
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    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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    },
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      "name": "der"
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      "name": "m"
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        "2": "paragraphos"
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      "name": "doublet"
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      "form": "paragraphs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "paragraphing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paragraphed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "paragraphed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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    }
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "paragraph (third-person singular simple present paragraphs, present participle paragraphing, simple past and past participle paragraphed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "par‧a‧graph"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "¶"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To sort text into paragraphs."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To publish a brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpæɹəɡɹɑːf/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛɹəɡɹæf/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-ne-paragraph.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/62/En-us-ne-paragraph.ogg/En-us-ne-paragraph.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/En-us-ne-paragraph.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-paragraph.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/88/En-us-paragraph.ogg/En-us-paragraph.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/En-us-paragraph.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "sort text into paragraphs",
      "word": "paragrafar"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paragrafopoió",
      "sense": "sort text into paragraphs",
      "word": "παραγραφοποιώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sort text into paragraphs",
      "word": "paragrafare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sort text into paragraphs",
      "word": "styckindela"
    }
  ],
  "word": "paragraph"
}

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