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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The sentence within a paragraph or discourse that states the main thought, often placed at the beginning.
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- n. A sentence at the beginning of a paragraph indicating the general matter to be discussed later in that paragraph.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a sentence that states the topic of its paragraph
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