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parenthesis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aside, digression, divagation, excursus |
| Type of | content, message, subject matter, substance |
| Derivation | parenthetic, parenthetical |
parenthesis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | punctuation, punctuation mark |
Examples of parenthesis
parenthesis
Oh, and above, that's a colon placed properly within a parenthesis not a smiley.
From the economist.com
Perhaps my parenthesis are a bit misleading, but I'm not making that assumption.
From the en.wikipedia.org
SpY's pieces want to be a parenthesis in the automated inertia of the urbanite.
From the huffingtonpost.com
Values averaged over the last 10 days of simulations are shown in parenthesis.
From the nature.com
And it was this fabulous, sort of like parenthesis to this Jewish life we led.
From the npr.org
A paren space is a blank typographic unit equal to the size of a parenthesis.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Parenthesis, however, are generally reserved for insertion into proper nouns.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Now I've made it into a parenthesis in the first sentence, set off by commas.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If anything I think parenthesis is the more elegant and formal way to not it.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material
- Digression: a message that departs from the main subject
- (parenthetical) parenthetic: qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses; "parenthetical remarks"
- In rhetoric, a parenthesis (plural: parentheses; from the Greek word u03C0u03B1u03C1u03ADu03BDu03B8u03B5u03C3u03B9u03C2 paru00E9nthesis, which comes in turn from words meaning "alongside of" and "to place") or parenthetical phrase is an explanatory or qualifying word, clause, or sentence inserted into a passage. The parenthesis could be left out and still form grammatically correct text...
- (Parenthetic) Parenthetical referencing is a citation style in which in-text citations must be enclosed within parentheses and embedded in the paragraph, as opposed to the footnote style.
- 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; Either of a pair of brackets, especially round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical ...
- (parenthetically) As an aside, incidentally
- (Parentheses) A method for grouping search terms, allowed by some search engines.
- (Parentheses) An operator for limiting the scope of your search. If you enclose a search query within parentheses, the search will match only those files that contain the search query exactly as typed. ...
