short paragraph

collocation in English

meaningsofshortandparagraph

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short
adjective
uk
/ʃɔːt/us
/ʃɔːrt/
small in length, distance, ...
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paragraph
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpær.ə.ɡrɑːf/us
/ˈper.ə.ɡræf/
a short part of a text, consisting of at least one sentence and beginning on a new line. It usually deals with a single event, description, ...
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(Definition ofshortandparagraphfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshort paragraph

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Ashortparagraphhas more air and white space around it, making it easier to read.
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It begins with ashortparagraphof acknowledgements.
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The experimenter read aloud ashortparagraphthat contained 25 items of information.
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Each question consisted of ashortparagraphwith a concluding proverb.
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Three of these were prescripted samples that differed in duration: single words, sentences, and ashortparagraph.
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The different sample types were broken up so that the main rating task of each session contained: only words, only sentences, or theshortparagraphand picture narration.
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The impact of this effort in private health care is uncertain (there is oneshortparagraphabout the private health care sector in a document of 86 pages).
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There is oneshortparagraphon renewing legislation on the armed forces, and that comes routinely every five years.
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I find that in 1959 there was a veryshortparagraph, which hardly referred to the subject.
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I do not think that that is the case, because it is a veryshortparagraph.
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Theshortparagraph16 on defence is also rather badly drafted.
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In it there is only one mention of the reserve forces in ashortparagraphon page 24.
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Of all the many words in this communication, just oneshortparagraphis devoted to this issue.
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I will read ashortparagraphinto the record.
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It contains ashortparagraphon what airlines should regard as sufficient information.
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The particular change that needed to be made for archaeology students was relatively small and is only oneshortparagraph.
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There was oneshortparagraph, in particular, when he was referring to the importance of land settlement.
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Strategy gets only a few perfunctory lines, and pay gets oneshortparagraph.
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I need only read theshortparagraphon the outside cover of this pamphlet.
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I should like to quote oneshortparagraphfrom a farm- ing newspaper.
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