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# paragraph

noun (a paragraph, paragraphs); verb (paragraph — rare)

«paragraph» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A paragraph is a group of sentences about one main idea; it starts on a new line, often indented. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paragraph/#m1)

### In the lessons

In English lessons, pupils learn that each paragraph has a topic sentence and starts a new idea, time, place or speaker. In stories, a new paragraph begins when a new character speaks. Phrases: "opening paragraph", "new paragraph", "topic sentence".

### Examples

- Start a new paragraph for each new idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paragraph/#x1)
- The first paragraph should grab the reader's attention. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paragraph/#x2)
- Read the second paragraph again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paragraph/#x3)
- When someone new speaks, start a new paragraph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paragraph/#x4)
- My story has five paragraphs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paragraph/#x5)
- Underline the topic sentence of the paragraph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paragraph/#x6)
- He read the paragraph to them, and added, ‘I wonder, now, whether that could be your bull-calf Peter?’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paragraph/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Spelled with "ph" sounding like f: para-graph. A paragraph is usually several sentences, longer than one sentence but shorter than a chapter.

## In Jewish tradition

In English lessons, pupils learn that each paragraph has a topic sentence and starts a new idea, time, place or speaker. In stories, a new paragraph begins when a new character speaks. Phrases: "opening paragraph", "new paragraph", "topic sentence".

### Examples

- This idea is then symbolically explained in the next paragraph. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paragraph/#x1)
- \[paragraph continues\] Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagitarius, Capricornus, Aquarius and Pisces. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paragraph/#x2)
- 44) This whole paragraph is an interpolation of an unknown hand, as it can be easily proved. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paragraph/#x3)

### Note

Countable. Spelled with "ph" sounding like f: para-graph. A paragraph is usually several sentences, longer than one sentence but shorter than a chapter.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «paragraph» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paragraph/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«paragraph» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/paragraph.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «paragraph» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paragraph/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«paragraph» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/paragraph.html) on Mova free.