Definition of: paragraph

(par′ə·graf, -gräf) noun
1. A short passage in a written or printed discourse, begun on a new and usually indented line.
2. A short article, complete and unified; especially, in a newspaper, a short article, item, or comment.
3. A mark (¶) used to indicate where a paragraph is to be begun, or as a reference mark.
—v.t.
1. To arrange in or into paragraphs.
2. To comment on or express in a paragraph. [<OF paragraphe <LL paragraphus <Gk. paragraphos, orig. a short line in a text marking a break in sense <para- beside + graphein write]
—par′a·graph′er, par′a·graph′ist noun
—par′·a·graph′ic, par′a·graph′i·cal adjective