parenthesis
par·en·thesis [parenthesis parentheses] BrE [pəˈrenθəsɪs] NAmE [pəˈrenθəsɪs] noun (pl. par·en·thesesBrE [pəˈrenθəsiːz] ; NAmE [pəˈrenθəsiːz] )
1. a word, sentence, etc. that is added to a speech or piece of writing, especially in order to give extra information. In writing, it is separated from the rest of the text using brackets, commas or dashes.
2. (formal or NAmE) (BrE bracket, ˈround bracket)usually plural either of a pair of marks, () placed around extra information in a piece of writing or part of a problem in mathematics
•Irregular forms are given in parentheses.
See also: ↑bracket ▪ ↑round bracket
Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek, from parentithenai ‘put in beside’.
Example Bank:
•I add, in parenthesis, that I doubt whether such a place exists.
•The numbers outside the parentheses are the sales figures.
•The prices are given in parentheses.
•The words in parentheses should be deleted.
•I should say, in parenthesis, that these figures cannot always be trusted.
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