parenthesis
noun [ C ]
uk
/pəˈren.θə.sɪs/ us
/pəˈren.θə.sɪs/ plural parentheses uk/pəˈren.θə.siːz/ us/pəˈren.θə.siːz/ parentheses
(also brackets); (UK also round brackets)
Meaning of parenthesis in English
(Definition of parenthesis from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
parenthesis | American Dictionary
either of a pair of marks ( ), or the information inside them, used in a piece of writing to show that what is inside these marks should be considered as separate from the main part:
Examples of parenthesis
parenthesis
The values in parentheses are mean square errors.
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The first six equations are estimated using logistic regression and the odds ratios are presented in parentheses.
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The number in parentheses identifies the speaker code.
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The parentheses indicate an editorial emendation in the edition.
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The derived complex verbs are given in parentheses following each simplex verb.
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Figures in parentheses show the percentage of households surveyed in 1993 relative to 1991.
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Standard errors of the mean are in parentheses.
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Values in parentheses are s. e. of the mean (based on four replicates).
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Values in parentheses below each estimate are the standard errors.
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The recorded ranges of continuous variables across 'treated' and 'untreated' fields are given in parentheses.
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If we allow parentheses to indicate optionality, then optionality can be captured in a single grammar.
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Values in the parentheses indicate percent values relative to the control.
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The number of patients with normal chromosomes are listed in parentheses.
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Proportions of births in each village, for each religious group, given in parentheses.
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T-statistics for d j = 0 are given in parentheses.
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Translations of parenthesis
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parenthèse…
ayraç, parantez, ara söz…
haakje, tussenzin…
závorka (kulatá), vsuvka…
parentes, klamme, indskud…
tanda kurung, keterangan dalam kurung…
วงเล็บ, ข้อความแทรกในวงเล็บ…
ngoặc đơn, thành phần trong ngoặc đơn…
nawias, wtrącenie…
parentestecken, parentes…
tanda kurung, parentesis…
die Klammer, die Parenthese…
parentes, innskutt bemerkning…
круглі дужки, вставне слово, речення…
