PARENTHESIS
\pəɹˈɛnθəsˌɪs], \pəɹˈɛnθəsˌɪs], \p_ə_ɹ_ˈɛ_n_θ_ə_s_ˌɪ_s]\
Definitions of PARENTHESIS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Noah Webster.
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An explanatory word or clause put in a sentence which is grammatically complete without it; indicated by the marks.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A word, phrase, or sentence put in or inserted in another grammatically complete without it:-pl. the marks () used to show this:-pl. PARENTHESES.
By Daniel Lyons
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