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Parentheses

/pəˈɹɛnθəsiːz/

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.

📖 Definitions of "Parentheses"

noun
  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    Either of a pair of brackets, especially round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).

  3. 3

    A digression; the use of such digressions.

  4. 4

    Such brackets as used to clarify expressions by grouping those terms affected by a common operator, or to enclose the components of a vector or the elements of a matrix.

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