About The Word Parenthesis
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Parenthesis
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What's The Definition Of Parenthesis?
[n] a message that departs from the main subject
[n] either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material Synonyms | Synonyms for Parenthesis: aside | digression | divagation | excursus Related Terms | Find terms related to Parenthesis: anastrophe | aside | broken thread | brokenness | chiasmus | disconnectedness | disconnection | discontinuance | discontinuation | discontinuity | discontinuousness | discreteness | disjunction | episode | fitfulness | hypallage | hyperbaton | hysteron proteron | incoherence | incompleteness | infix | injection | insert | insertion | insinuation | intercalation | interjection | interlineation | interlocution | intermittence | interpolation | introduction | irregularity | metastasis | metathesis | non sequitur | noncontinuance | nonlinearity | nonseriality | nonuniformity | obiter dictum | palindrome | remark | side remark | synchysis | tmesis | tossing-in See Also | content | message | punctuation | punctuation mark | subject matter | substance Parenthesis In Webster's Dictionary \Pa*ren"the*sis\, n.; pl. {Parentheses}. [NL., fr.
Gr. ?, fr. ? to put in beside, insert; ? beside + ? in + ? to
put, place. See {Para-}, {En-}, 2, and {Thesis}.]
1. A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or
explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which
would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually
inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or
dashes. ``Seldom mentioned without a derogatory
parenthesis.'' --Sir T. Browne.
Don't suffer every occasional thought to carry you
away into a long parenthesis. --Watts.
2. (Print.) One of the curved lines () which inclose a
parenthetic word or phrase.
Note: Parenthesis, in technical grammar, is that part of a
sentence which is inclosed within the recognized sign;
but many phrases and sentences which are punctuated by
commas are logically parenthetical. In def. 1, the
phrase ``by way of comment or explanation'' is inserted
for explanation, and the sentence would be
grammatically complete without it. The present tendency
is to avoid using the distinctive marks, except when
confusion would arise from a less conspicuous
separation.
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