how to pronounce paragraph

/ˈpæɹəɡˌɹæf/

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paragraph is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of paragraph in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… some kind of small paragraph or four or …”

meaning of paragraph

A paragraph is a group of sentences that are written together.

paragraph frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word paragraph occurs in english on average 15.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics paragraph can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that paragraph can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;