Antonyms for parentheses

Grammar : Noun

Spell : puh-ren-thuh-sis

Phonetic Transcription : pəˈrɛn θə sɪs

Definition of parentheses

Origin : 1540s, "words, clauses, etc. inserted into a sentence," from Middle French parenthèse (15c.), from Late Latin parenthesis "addition of a letter to a syllable in a word," from Greek parenthesis, literally "a putting in beside," from parentithenai "put in beside," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + en- "in" + tithenai "put, place," from PIE root *dhe- "to put, to do" (see factitious). Sense extension by 1715 from the inserted words to the curved brackets that indicate the words inserted.
A wooden parenthesis; the pillory. An iron parenthesis; a prison. ["Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence," London, 1811]

noun digression

Example sentences :

The number of instances of each word are given in parentheses.
Extract from : « The City Bride (1696) » by Joseph Harris

In the terms of venation, these parentheses occur most frequently.
Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith

Dashes are much used where parentheses were formerly employed.
Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)

If the connection of such expressions is remote, parentheses are used.
Extract from : « Punctuation » by Frederick W. Hamilton

If used at all with the parentheses, it should follow the closing parenthesis.
Extract from : « Punctuation » by Frederick W. Hamilton

Page numbers in brackets or parentheses may have been added by the editor.
Extract from : « Two Poems Against Pope » by Leonard Welsted

The parts inclosed in parentheses are interpolations of the learned Professor.
Extract from : « La Chanson de Roland » by Lon Gautier

Clicking on the words in parentheses will take show the text as edited.
Extract from : « Daisy Ashford: Her Book » by Daisy Ashford

The italics in the text, not those in parentheses, are mine.
Extract from : « Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician » by Frederick Niecks

For added clarity, parentheses were added to some of the equations.
Extract from : « The Ether of Space » by Oliver Lodge

Synonyms for parentheses

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