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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]
parentheses
See left parenthesis, right parenthesis.
(1997-12-03)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Parenthesis \Pa*ren"the*sis\ (p[.a]*r[e^]n"th[-e]*s[i^]s), n.;
pl. Parentheses. [NL., fr. Gr. pare`nqesis, fr.
parentiqe`nai to put in beside, insert; para` beside + 'en in
+ tiqe`nai to put, place. See Para-, En-, 2, and
Thesis.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or
explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which
would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually
inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or
dashes. ``Seldom mentioned without a derogatory
parenthesis.'' --Sir T. Browne.
[1913 Webster]
Don't suffer every occasional thought to carry you
away into a long parenthesis. --Watts.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Print.) One of the curved lines () which inclose a
parenthetic word or phrase.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Parenthesis, in technical grammar, is that part of a
sentence which is inclosed within the recognized sign;
but many phrases and sentences which are punctuated by
commas are logically parenthetical. In def. 1, the
phrase ``by way of comment or explanation'' is inserted
for explanation, and the sentence would be
grammatically complete without it. The present tendency
is to avoid using the distinctive marks, except when
confusion would arise from a less conspicuous
separation.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Parenthesis \Pa*ren"the*sis\, n.; pl. Parentheses. [NL., fr.
Gr. ?, fr. ? to put in beside, insert; ? beside + ? in + ? to
put, place. See Para-, En-, 2, and Thesis.]
1. A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or
explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which
would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually
inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or
dashes. ``Seldom mentioned without a derogatory
parenthesis.'' --Sir T. Browne.
Don't suffer every occasional thought to carry you
away into a long parenthesis. --Watts.
2. (Print.) One of the curved lines () which inclose a
parenthetic word or phrase.
Note: Parenthesis, in technical grammar, is that part of a
sentence which is inclosed within the recognized sign;
but many phrases and sentences which are punctuated by
commas are logically parenthetical. In def. 1, the
phrase ``by way of comment or explanation'' is inserted
for explanation, and the sentence would be
grammatically complete without it. The present tendency
is to avoid using the distinctive marks, except when
confusion would arise from a less conspicuous
separation.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
parenthesis
n 1: either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual
material
2: a message that departs from the main subject [syn: digression,
aside, excursus, divagation]
[also: parentheses (pl)]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
parentheses
See parenthesis
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
parentheses
n.
(plural of en parenthesis)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
parentheses
n.
(plural of en parenthesis)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
parentheses
n.
(plural of en parenthesis)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
parentheses
n.
(plural of en parenthesis)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
parentheses
Englanti n.
(en-monikko p arentheses parenthesis)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
parentheses
Engelska n.
(böjning en subst parenthesis)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
parentheses'
Engelska n.
(böjning en subst parenthesis)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Parentheses /pəɹˈɛnθəsˌiːz/
العلامات الحصر
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
parentheses /pəɹˈɛnθəsˌiːz/
[mat] kulaté závorky
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
parentheses /pəɹˈɛnθəsˌiːz/
[amer] kulaté závorky
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
parentheses /pəɹˈɛnθəsˌiːz/
runde Klammern
Synonyms: round brackets, brackets
see: round bracket, bracket, parenthesis, parenthesis, in brackets, in parentheses, opening parenthesis, left parenthesis, closing parenthesis, right parenthesis
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
parentheses /pəɹˈɛnθəsˌiːz/
okrugle zagrade
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
parentheses /pəɹˈɛnθəsˌiːz/
zárójel
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/pɝˈɛnθəˌsiz/
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 刮弧;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n.
pl. 括弧,插入语,插曲
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