παρένθεση — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bracket noun A support fixed to a wall or frame that holds up a shelf or other object.
- parenthesis noun A word, phrase or clause inserted into a sentence as an aside or explanation, usually set off by brackets, commas or dashes.
Senses
παρένθεση is used for these senses in English:
- bracket Any of the characters “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, or the like, used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.
- parenthesis Either of a pair of brackets, especially (mainly US) round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).
- round bracket (UK) Each of the signs ( and ); parenthesis, bracket (in a strict sense).
bracket — full definition
- noun A support fixed to a wall or frame that holds up a shelf or other object.
- noun One of a pair of punctuation marks — such as ( ) or [ ] — used to enclose extra information or set apart a section of text or a mathematical expression.
- noun A category or range that something falls into, especially for income, age, or a tournament.
- verb To group things together as belonging to the same category.
parenthesis — full definition
- noun A word, phrase or clause inserted into a sentence as an aside or explanation, usually set off by brackets, commas or dashes.
- noun Either of a pair of round brackets used to enclose extra text or to group terms in an expression.
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