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parenthesize verb

  /pəˈɹɛnθ.ə.saɪz/
  • To place text in parentheses.
 mettre entre parenthèses

parenthesis noun

  /pəˈɹɛnθəsɪs/
  • Either of a pair of brackets, especially (mainly US) round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).
 parenthèse, parenthèses
  • 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.
  • (rhetoric) A digression; the use of such digressions.
 parenthèse
  • (mathematics, logic) 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.
 parenthèses
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