English-Thai Dictionary
parenthesis
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PARENTHESIS
n.[Gr. to insert. ] A sentence, or certain words inserted in a sentence, which interrupt the sense or natural connection of words, but serve to explain or qualify the sense of the principal sentence. The parenthesis is usually included in hooks or curved lines, thus. These officers, whom they still call bishops, are to be elected to a provision comparatively mean, through the same arts, (that is, electioneering arts, ) by men of all religious tenets that are known or can be invented.
Do not suffer every occasional thought to carry you away into a long parenthesis.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PARENTHESIS
Pa *ren "the *sis, n.; pl. Parentheses. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. 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. )
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
parenthesis
pa ren the sis |pəˈrenTHəsis pəˈrɛnθəsəs | ▶noun ( pl. parentheses |-ˌsēz | ) a word, clause, or sentence inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage that is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by curved brackets, dashes, or commas. • (usu. parentheses ) one or both of a pair of marks () used to include such a word, clause, or sentence. • an interlude or interval: the three months of coalition government were a lamentable political parenthesis. PHRASES in parenthesis as a digression or afterthought. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek, from parentithenai ‘put in beside. ’
Oxford Dictionary
parenthesis
parenthesis |pəˈrɛnθɪsɪs | ▶noun ( pl. parentheses |-siːz | ) 1 a word or phrase inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage which is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by brackets, dashes, or commas. in a challenging parenthesis, Wordsworth comments on the evil effects of contemporary developments. • (parentheses ) a pair of round brackets ( ) used to mark off a parenthetical word or phrase. 2 an interlude or interval: the three months of coalition government were a lamentable political parenthesis. PHRASES in parenthesis as a digression or afterthought. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek, from parentithenai ‘put in beside ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
parenthesis
pa ren the sis /pərénθəsɪs /名詞 複 -ses /-sìːz /C 1 (文中の )挿入語句 (!コンマ ダッシュ かっこで囲む; 話し言葉ではイントネーションで区別する ) .2 〖通例 -ses 〗丸かっこ, パーレン 〘(); →bracket 〙▸ put a word in parentheses 語をかっこ内に入れる 3 余談, 挿話 ; (劇の )幕間 （まくあい ）.in par é nthesis ついでに (言えば ), ちなみに .
The Wordsmith Dictionary