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parentheses

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pa·ren·the·sis

P0069600 (pə-rĕn′thĭ-sĭs)n. pl. par·en·the·ses (-sēz′) 1. Either or both of the upright curved lines, ( ), used to mark off explanatory or qualifying remarks in writing or printing or enclose a sum, product, or other expression considered or treated as a collective entity in a mathematical operation.2. a. A qualifying or amplifying word, phrase, or sentence inserted within written matter in such a way as to be independent of the surrounding grammatical structure.b. A comment departing from the theme of discourse; a digression.3. An interruption of continuity; an interval: "This is one of the things I wasn't prepared for—the amount of unfilled time, the long parentheses of nothing" (Margaret Atwood).

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[Late Latin, insertion of a letter or syllable in a word, from Greek, from parentithenai, to insert : para-, beside; see para-¹ + en-, in; see en in Indo-European roots + tithenai, to put; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]

parenthesis

(pəˈrɛnθɪsɪs) n, pl -ses (-ˌsiːz) 1. (Grammar) a phrase, often explanatory or qualifying, inserted into a passage with which it is not grammatically connected, and marked off by brackets, dashes, etc2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Also called: bracket either of a pair of characters, (), used to enclose such a phrase or as a sign of aggregation in mathematical or logical expressions3. an intervening occurrence; interlude; interval4. (Grammar) in parenthesis inserted as a parenthesis[C16: via Late Latin from Greek: something placed in besides, from parentithenai, from para-¹ + en-² + tithenai to put] parenthetic, ˌparenˈthetical adj ˌparenˈthetically adv

pa•ren•the•sis

(pəˈrɛn θə sɪs)

n., pl. -ses (-ˌsiz) 1. either or both of a pair of signs () used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, to indicate separate groupings of symbols in mathematics or symbolic logic, etc. 2. Usu., parentheses. the material contained within these marks. 3. a qualifying, explanatory, or appositive word, phrase, or clause that interrupts a syntactic construction without otherwise affecting it, set off in speech by intonation and in writing by commas, parentheses, or dashes, as Bill Smith - you've met him - is coming tonight. 4. an interval. [1560–70; < Late Latin < Greek parénthesis a putting in beside. See par-, en-², thesis]

parenthesis

An expression in which something is inserted into a phrase or sentence that would be complete without it.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	parenthesis - either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual materialpunctuation mark, punctuation - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
	2.	parenthesis - a message that departs from the main subjectdigression, divagation, excursus, asidesubject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about

parenthesis

nounAn instance of digressing:aside, deviation, digression, divagation, divergence, divergency, excursion, excursus, irrelevancy, tangent.

Translations

圆括号插入语

parenthesis

(pəˈrenθəsis) – plural paˈrentheses (-siːz) – 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. 插入語 插入语2. a round bracket used to mark the seperate part of such a sentence. 圓括號 圆括号parenthetical (parənˈθetikəl) adjectivea parenthetical remark. 插入語的 插入语的in parentheses said, written etc as a parenthesis. 括入括號內 括入括号内