paragraph

noun

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

   “opening paragraph”

   “final paragraph”

   “paragraph heading”

   “Divide the writing into paragraphs.”

   “All which land, and all other that shall be possessed in the said Province, are to be held on the same terms and conditions as is before mentioned, and as hereafter in the following paragraphs is more at large express'd.”

2. A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.
3. A brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.

   “Much of its earliest foreign news came direct from the minister, and not seldom in his own hand. Louis XIII. took a keen, perhaps a somewhat childish, interest in the progress of the infant Gazette, and was a frequent contributor, now and then taking his little paragraphs to the printing office himself, and seeing them put into type.”

4. An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures.

verb

1. (transitive)To sort text into paragraphs.
2. (transitive)To publish a brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.