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paragraph

noun IELTS

English meaning
A section of writing that deals with one main idea.
Example
Each body paragraph should begin with a topic sentence.
Common collocations
body paragraph; opening paragraph; topic sentence of a paragraph
Word family
paragraphs
Academic Word List · Sublist 8

Translation

  • 한국어단락
  • 中文段落
  • 日本語段落
  • ไทยย่อหน้า
  • Bahasa Indonesiaparagraf
  • Tiếng Việtđoạn văn
  • Русскийабзац
  • हिन्दीअनुच्छेद

Entries marked AWL come from the Academic Word List (Coxhead, 2000), a widely used list of words that appear often in university texts. Definitions, examples and translations are written by AUSLEX.

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