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Definitions: Parenthesis |
ParenthesisNoun1. Either of two punctuation marks ( or ) used to enclose textual material. 2. A message that departs from the main subject. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "parenthesis" was first used: 1550. (references) |
Etymology: Parenthesis \Pa*ren"the*sis\, noun; plural Parentheses. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from to put in beside, insert; beside in to put, place. See Para-, En-,, and Thesis.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | A pair of signs, e. g. curved brackets, used in punctuation and mathematics to separate the matter they enclose from the overall context. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | PARENTHESIS. To put a man's nose into a parenthesis: to pull it, the fingers and thumb answering the hooks or crochets. A wooden parenthesis; the pillory. An iron parenthesis; a prison. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ParenthesisSynonyms: aside (n), digression (n), divagation (n), excursus (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Discontinuity | Noun: discontinuity; disjunction; anacoluthon; interruption, break, fracture, flaw, fault, crack, cut; gap; (interval); solution of continuity, caesura; broken thread; parenthesis, episode, rhapsody, patchwork; intermission; alternation; (periodicity); dropping fire. |
Indication | Keyboard symbols, printing symbols; red letter, italics, sublineation, underlining, bold font; jotting; note, annotation, reference; blaze, cedilla, guillemets, hachure; quotation marks, double quotes,"", parentheses, brackets, braces, curly brackets, arrows, slashes; left parenthesis, "("; right parenthesis, ")"; opening bracket, ""; left curly brace, "{"; right curly brace, "}"; left arrow, ""; right arrow, ""; forward slash, "/"; backward slash, "\"; exclamation point, "!"; commercial at, "@"; pound sign, "#"; percent sign, "%"; carat, "^"; ampersand, "&"; asterisk, ""; hyphen, "-"; dash, "-", "_"; em dash, "--"; plus sign, "+", equals sign, "="; question mark, "?"; period, "."; semicolon, ";", colon, ":"; comma, ","; apostrophe, "'"; single quote, "'"; tilde, "~". |
Interposition | Intermediary, intermedium; go between, bodkin, intruder, interloper; parenthesis, episode, flyleaf. |
Interval | Gorge, defile, ravine, canon, crevasse, abyss, abysm; gulf; inlet, frith, strait, gully; pass; furrow; abra; barranca, barranco; clove, gulch, notch; yawning gulf; hiatus maxime, hiatus valde deflendus; parenthesis; (interjacence); void c. (absence); incompleteness. |
Inversion | Transposition, transposal, anastrophy, metastasis, hyperbaton, anastrophe, hysteron proteron, hypallage, synchysis, tmesis, parenthesis; metathesis; palindrome. |
Occasion | By the way, by the by; en passant, a propos; pro re nata, pro hac vice; par parenthese, parenthetically, by way of parenthesis, incidentally; while speaking of, while on the subject; extempore; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion; on the spot; (early). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Parenthesis |
| English words defined with "parenthesis": Antanaclasis ♦ Parembole, Parentheses, Parenthesize ♦ syntax error. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "parenthesis": Floor Manager ♦ Parenthetical Expressions. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "parenthesis": thesis. (references) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This is a place for a short parenthesis. |
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Health | The recommended minimal servings per day appear in parenthesis after each food group listed. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Parenthesis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Parenthesis" is used about 37 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 37 | 56,631 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "parenthesis": in parenthesis ♦ left parenthesis ♦ right parenthesis. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "parenthesis": parenthesis-free notation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
parenthesis | 47 |
grammar parenthesis | 3 |
parenthesis punctuation | 3 |
parenthesis use | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "parenthesis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | hakie (brace, bracket, clamp, staple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | parantezë (bracket), shprehje në kllapa, kllapë (clip, cog, cramp, damper, dovetail, mortise, rabbet, scarf, valve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فترة فاصلة (comma, interlude, interstice, lag, shift), كلمة معترضة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кръгла скоба, вмъкнато изречение, вмъкната фраза, вмъкната дума (expletive), епизод (chapter, episode, incident, passage, scene, underaction), интервал (comma, distance, interlude, interregnum, interval), интермедия (interact, intermezzo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 括號 (brackets), 括弧 , 括号 (brace, braces, parentheses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vsuvka (insert, insertion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | parenteser, parentes. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | nietje (brace, bracket, clamp, clip, paperfastener, staple), kramp (brace, bracket, clamp, convulsion, spasm, spasms, staple), klamp (bolt, brace, bracket, bulldog grip, catch, chock, clamp, clasp, cleat, click, holder, holding device, latch, mounting, mounting bracket, pawl, pin, rack element, ratchet, stake, stanchion, staple, stay, support), haakje (brace, bracket, clamp, clasp, hook, staple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | parentezo, krampo (brace, bracket, clamp, staple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | krampi (brace, bracket, clamp, convulsion, staple), klombur (brace, bracket, clamp, staple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پرانتز (Bracket), جمله معترضه , دوهلال , دوابر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sulkeet (brackets), kaarisulkeet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | parenthèse (parentheses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Klammer (brace, bracket, buckle, clamp, clasp, cleat, clip, cramp, dog, fastener, fastening, grip, metal lace, paperclip, peg, staple), Zwischensatz, Parenthese. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παρένθεση (intercalation, parentheses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מאמר מוס'ר (parenthical clause), סו'רים (brackets). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | zárójel (bracket, brackets, parentheses, round brackets). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | parentesi (bracket, digression, interval, square bracket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | パール編み (full cup, parentheses, pi, pie, pineapple, pioneer, pioneer spirit, pipe, pipe-line, pipe-organ, piping, purl stitch, tart, tube, vasectomy), 括弧 (brackets). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | パーレン (parentheses), かっ" (brackets, each, every house, every one, firm, unshakeable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 괄호 (parentheses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | eddyraishnys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | kram (brace, bracket, clamp, diarrhoea, staple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arenthesispay parêntese (brace, bracket, clamp, staple). (various references) precizare (addition, ascertainement, determination, explanation, explanatory note, specification), paranteze, parantezã (bracket), incident (case, circumstance, happening, incident, occurrence, passage), episod (chapter, episode, event, incident, page, passage), digresiune (digression, excursion, excursus, tangent), completare (addendum, addition, annex, complement, completion, filling, supplement). (various references) круглые скобки (parentheses, round brackets), вводное слово, интермедия (interlude, intermezzo, parentheses, sideshow, side-show). (various references) umetanje (insertion, intercalation, interpolation, interposition, parentheses), umetak (bushing, filler, gusset, hairpiece, inlay, insert, insertion, inset, tab). (various references) paréntesis (bracket). (various references) parentes (bracket, parentheses). (various references) parantez işareti (parentheses), parantez (brackets, parentheses). (various references) інтервал (breach, Interspace, interval, spacing, span), круглі дужки, вставне слово. (various references) cromfach (bracket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | parenthesis. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | parenthesis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Parenthesis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: paraesthesias, parantheses, paranthesis, parentesis, parenthasees, parenthases, parenthasis, parenthese, parenthesees, parenthesus, parenthises, paresthesias, paresthesis, paretheses, parethesis, Perinthus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "parenthesis" (pronounced pere"nthusi's) |
| 4 | -u s i' s | emphasis, paralysis, Telesis. |
| 3 | -s i' s | asbestosis, basis, Cassis, electrophoresis, endometriosis, lexis, lysis, oasis, osmosis, osteoporosis, pertussis, praxis, Pyxis, sepsis. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: interphases. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-i-n-p-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: antiherpes, earthiness, heartiness, interphase, pistareens, sparteines. | |
-2 letters: antipress, aperients, apheresis, arsenites, asthenies, hasteners, herniates, inspheres, irateness, nephrites, passerine, perianths, pharisees, phrensies, pinasters, pistareen, pristanes, resinates, sparteine, spheriest, stearines, tarnishes, therapies, thespians, tranships, transship, trephines. | |
-3 letters: antheses, anthesis, aperient, arenites, arsenite, artiness, assenter, earnests, epitases, erepsins, esthesia, etesians, hairnets, haptenes, harpists, hastener, heartens, hearties, heisters, heparins, heptanes, herniate, hipsters, inearths, insphere, naperies, nephrite, painters, panthers, pantries, parietes, parishes, pasterns, pastries, pensters, perianth, perishes, pertains, pertness, pharisee, phenates, piasters, piastres, pinaster, preheats, presents, pristane, raptness, raspiest, repaints, reshapes, reshines, resinate, respites, retsinas, ripeness, sarsenet, sentries, seraphin, seriates, serpents, shanties, sharpens, sharpest, sharpies, sheitans, spinster, spirants, stainers, starship, steapsin, stearine, stearins, steepish, sthenias, teniases, thespian, trainees, traipses, tranship, trapeses, trephine, triphase. | |
-4 letters: aeriest, aethers, anestri, anthers, antsier, aperies, apheses, aphesis, aptness, arenite, arpents, arshins, arsines, ashiest, asperse, aspires, earnest, earthen, easiest, eastern, easters, entases, entasis, entires, entraps, entries, erepsin, esprits, estrins, etesian, ethanes, hairnet, haptene, haptens, harness, harpies, harpins, harpist, hastens, hastier, hatpins, hearses, hearten, heaters, heiress, heister, henries, heparin, heptane, herniae, hernias, hessian, hessite, hinters, hipness, hipster, inearth, inheres, inphase, inserts, instars, insteps, nastier, nasties, nearest, neither, nesters, painter, paniers, pansies, panther, panties, parents, pareses, paresis, parises, parties, pastern, pasters, pastier, pasties, patines, patness, patsies, peahens, peatier, penates, penises, penster, perinea, persist, pertain, pesetas, pesters, pestier, petsais, phenate, phrases, piaster, piastre, pirates, pissant, praises, preheat, present, presets, priests, prithee, pterins, ptisans, rapines, rapists, rashest, raspish, ratines, reheats, renests, repaint, repasts, repeats, repents, repines, reseats, resents, reshape, reshine, reships, resites, respite, retains, retapes, retinae, retinas, retines, retsina, santirs, sapiens, sapient, sateens, satires, searest, seaters, seiners, senates, sensate, serapes, seraphs, sereins, seriate, serines, serpent, sestina, sestine, shairns, shantis, shapers, sharpen, sharpie, sheitan, sherpas, shiners, shrines, sinters, sithens, snathes, snipers, spahees, sparest, spathes, sphenes, spheres, spinate, spinets, spirant, spireas, sprains, spriest, sprints, sprites, stainer, stearin, sthenia, stirpes, strains, stripes, tansies, tapises, tarnish, teasers, tephras, tessera, theines, thenars, therein, threaps, threeps, tisanes, trainee, traipse, trashes, trepans, trienes. | |
-5 letters: aeries, aether, airest, airths, anises, anther, antres, aretes, arisen, arises, arpens, arpent, arshin, arsine, ashier, aspens, aspers, aspire, aspish, assent, assert, astern, asters, earths, easier, easies, easter, eaters, either, enates, enrapt, entera, enters, entire, entrap, erases, espies, esprit, esters, estrin, etapes, ethane, ethers, haeres, hanses, hapten, harpin, hasten, hastes, haters, hatpin, hearse, hearts, heater, heists, hereat, herein, hernia, herpes, hinter, hisser, inerts, inhere, insert, insets, instar, instep, inters, neater, nereis, nester, nether, niters, nitres, paints, panier, pantie, parent, paries, parish, parses, pashes, passee. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-i-n-p-r-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: traineeships. | |
+2 letters: housepainters, parenthesizes, phalansteries, stenographies. | |
+3 letters: asthenospheric, preanesthetics. | |
+4 letters: apprenticeships, hypersalinities, parthenogenesis, preestablishing, superhumanities. | |
+5 letters: hypervitaminoses, phosphocreatines, praiseworthiness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 72 65 6E 74 68 65 73 69 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- .-. . -. - .... . ... .. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01110010 01100101 01101110 01110100 01101000 01100101 01110011 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a r e n t h e s i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0072 0065 006E 0074 0068 0065 0073 0069 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5067847180867471857585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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