PARENTHESIS


Meaning of PARENTHESIS in English

pa ‧ ren ‧ the ‧ sis /pəˈrenθəsəs, pəˈrenθɪsəs/ BrE AmE noun ( plural parentheses /-siːz/) [countable usually plural]

[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Late Latin ; Origin: Greek , from parentithenai 'to put in' ]

1 . a round ↑ bracket

in parentheses

The figures in parentheses refer to page numbers.

2 . in parenthesis British English , in parentheses American English if you say something in parenthesis, you say it while you are talking about something else in order to add information or explain something:

In parenthesis, I should add that the results have not yet been proven.

⇨ ↑ punctuation mark

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.