parenthesis+(noun)

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• parenthesis — ► NOUN (pl. parentheses) 1) a word or phrase inserted as an explanation or afterthought, in writing usually marked off by brackets, dashes, or commas. 2) (parentheses) a pair of round brackets () used to include such a word or phrase. ORIGIN… …   English terms dictionary

• parenthesis — noun 1 parentheses (esp. AmE) marks around extra information in writing ⇨ See also ↑bracket VERB + PARENTHESES ▪ enclose sth in parentheses, give sth in parentheses, put sth in parentheses ▪ The prices are given in parentheses. PREPOS …   Collocations dictionary

• parenthesis — noun (plural parentheses) Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek, literally, act of inserting, from parentithenai to insert, from para + en en + tithenai to place more at do Date: circa 1550 1. a. an amplifying or explanatory word, phrase, or sentence …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• parenthesis — noun /pəˈrɛnθəsɪs/ a) A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes. b) Either of a pair of… …   Wiktionary

• parenthesis — noun plural parentheses, (usually plural) especially AmE a round bracket: in parentheses: The figures in parentheses refer to page numbers …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• parenthesis-free notation — noun a notation for forming mathematical expressions that does not use parentheses to delimit components • Hypernyms: ↑mathematical notation • Hyponyms: ↑prefix notation, ↑Lukasiewicz notation, ↑Polish notation, ↑postfix notation, ↑suffix… …   Useful english dictionary

• Parenthesis (rhetoric) — In rhetoric, a parenthesis (plural: parentheses ; from the Greek word παρένθεσις, which comes in turn from words meaning alongside of and to place ) is :An explanatory or qualifying word, clause, or sentence inserted into a passage with which it… …   Wikipedia

• 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 — /pəˈrɛnθəsəs / (say puh renthuhsuhs) noun (plural parentheses /pəˈrɛnθəsiz/ (say puh renthuhseez)) 1. a. a set of the upright brackets ( ), used to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, indicate groupings in mathematics, etc.… …  

• parenthesis — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. brackets, braces, enclosure, punctuation marks, crotchets; see also punctuation . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An instance of digressing: aside, deviation, digression, divagation, divergence, divergency, excursion,… …   English dictionary for students

• 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