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parenthesis

pa·ren·the·sis

parenthesis

 
pronunciation:
p ren th sihs
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part of speech: noun
inflections: parentheses
definition: either of a pair of marks used in writing ( ). They are used to enclose information that is not part of the main sentence. They are also used as symbols in mathematics.
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