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Synonyms for parenthesis
pəˈrɛn θə sɪs; -ˌsizparen·the·sis
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Wiktionary
parenthesisnoun
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parenparenthesisnoun
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.
Synonyms:
round bracket, parenparenthesisnoun
Either of a pair of brackets, especially round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).
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paren, round bracketparenthesisnoun
A digression; the use of such digressions.
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paren, round bracketparenthesisnoun
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.
Synonyms:
paren, round bracket
Princeton's WordNet
parenthesisnoun
either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material
Synonyms:
digression, excursus, aside, divagationdigression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesisnoun
a message that departs from the main subject
Synonyms:
deflection, excursion, excursus, digression, divagation, deflexion, aside, diversion, deviation
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List of paraphrases for "parenthesis":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#5484 | aside | |
#9091 | deviation | |
#9659 | bracket | |
#10112 | brackets | |
#15612 | diversion | |
#16357 | excursion | |
#19692 | parentheses | |
#28330 | hiatus | |
#29694 | interlude | |
#30053 | deflection | |
#35720 | parenthesis | |
#76690 | paren | |
#78536 | digression | |
#240184 | excursus |
Translations for parenthesis
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- أقواس, قوسArabic
- parèntesiCatalan, Valencian
- vsuvka, závorkaCzech
- cromfachWelsh
- παρένθεση, παρενθέσειςGreek
- paréntesisSpanish
- پرانتزPersian
- sulkumerkki, sulkeet, parenteesiFinnish
- parenthèseFrench
- lúibínIrish
- camagScottish Gaelic
- zárójelHungarian
- միջանկյալ նախադասություն, փակագծեր, փակագիծ, միջանկյալ բառArmenian
- svigiIcelandic
- 括弧Japanese
- KlamerLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- skliaustai, skliausteliaiLithuanian
- taiepaMāori
- tanda kurungMalay
- haakjes, parentheseDutch
- nawiasPolish
- parêntese, parêntesesPortuguese
- скобка, круглая скобка, скобки, вводное слово, отклонение, отступлениеRussian
- за̑града, zȃgradaSerbo-Croatian
- parentesSwedish
- panaklongTagalog
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