paragraphing
USPA-ruh-graf-ing/ˈpæɹəɡɹæfɪŋ/UKPA-ruh-grahf-ing/ˈpæɹəɡɹɑːfɪŋ/
- 1The way a piece of writing is broken up into paragraphs.
Like splitting a long wall into separate rooms so each idea has its own space.
Her clear paragraphing made the long essay easy to follow.
Good paragraphing helps readers see where each new idea begins.
Similarstructure, layout, organization, division
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- 2Present participle of paragraph. Use this form when the action is happening now.
She is paragraphing the report to make it clearer.
He spent the morning paragraphing his notes into neat sections.
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paragraphing is a form of paragraph
paragraph, verb: To break a piece of writing into separate paragraphs. Full entry
- Forms
- paragraphparagraphs he/she/itparagraphing -ing formparagraphed past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- paragraph → paragraphing: add -ing
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