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pə'renƟəsisplural - parentheses; noun1) (a word or group of words within a sentence, which gives a comment etc and usually separates from the rest of the sentence by brackets, dashes etc: I asked John (my friend John Smith) to come and see me.) paréntesis2) (a round bracket used to mark the seperate part of such a sentence.) paréntesis•- in parentheses
tr[pə'renɵəsɪs]noun (pl parentheses)1 paréntesis nombre masculino\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLin parenthesis entre paréntesisn.(§ pl.: parentheses) = paréntesis s.f.pə'renθəsəs, pə'renθəsɪs[pǝ'renθɪsɪs]N (pl parentheses) [ˌpǝ'renθɪsiːz] paréntesis m inv* * *[pə'renθəsəs, pə'renθəsɪs]
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parenthesis — UK [pəˈrenθəsɪs] / US noun [countable] Word forms parenthesis : singular parenthesis plural parentheses UK [pəˈrenθəˌsiːz] / US [pəˈrenθəˌsɪz] 1) a word, phrase, or sentence that is not directly related to what you are saying or writing but is… … English dictionary
parenthesis — pa|ren|the|sis [ pə renθəsıs ] (plural pa|ren|the|ses [ pə renθə,siz ] ) noun count * 1. ) usually plural one of the two symbols ( and ), used in writing for separating a word, phrase, or number from the rest of a sentence: in parentheses: The… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
parentheses — [pəˈrenθəˌsiːz] noun [plural] the symbols ( and ), used in writing for separating a word, phrase, or number from the rest of a sentence Syn: brackets The students nationalities are shown in parentheses.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English