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para.

para. is the abbreviation of paragraph.

Meaning of paragraph

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.
    • opening paragraph
  2. (originally) 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...1911, “Newspapers”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, volume 19, New York, N.Y.: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., page 572
  4. An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures.

See all 6 meanings of paragraph

Proper noun capitalized: Para.

Para.

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Paraguay.

Words formed from para.

Questions about para.

What is para. the abbreviation of?
Para. is the abbreviation of paragraph.
What part of speech is para.?
Para. is a proper noun.

Words near para. in the dictionary

  1. para-surfer
  2. para-surfers
  3. para-surfing
  4. para-surfs
  5. para-table tennis
  6. para.
  7. paraaminobenzoic acid
  8. paraamyloidosis
  9. paraaortal
  10. paraaortic
  11. paraarterial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: para. (page history and authors); Para. (page history and authors); paragraph (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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