āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
parenthesis
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Parenthesis
01
āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ¨ā§, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ¨ā§
either of the symbols ( ) used in writing to enclose extra information that is given or to group a symbolic unit in logic or mathematics
Dialect
American
American
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The author added a clarification in parenthesis to explain a concept further to the reader.
āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ¨ā§ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻā§āĻāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ¨ā§, āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ
a departure from the main subject or topic, often providing extra, non-essential information
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The long parenthesis about her childhood felt unrelated to the main point.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻļā§āĻļāĻŦ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ¨ā§ āĻŽā§āĻ˛ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻāĻšā§āĻ¨ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
03
a word, phrase, or sentence inserted into a text to provide additional explanation, which can be removed without affecting the main sentence, enclosed in curved brackets, commas, or dashes
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She inserted a parenthesis explaining the historical context.
