noun
1 parentheses ( esp. AmE ) marks around extra information in writing ⇨ See also ↑ bracket
VERB + PARENTHESES
▪ enclose sth in parentheses , give sth in parentheses , put sth in parentheses
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The prices are given in parentheses.
PREPOSITION
▪ in parentheses , inside parentheses , within parentheses
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The words in parentheses should be deleted.
▪ outside parentheses
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The numbers outside the parentheses are the sales figures.
2 extra information in a sentence, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ long
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After a long ~, she returned to the matter in hand.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
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I add, in ~, that I doubt whether such a place exists.