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pa·ren·the·sis    Audio Help   [puh-ren-thuh-sis] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -ses    Audio Help   [-seez] Pronunciation Key.
1.either or both of a pair of signs ( ) used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, to indicate separate groupings of symbols in mathematics and symbolic logic, etc.
2.Usually, parentheses. the material contained within these marks.
3.Grammar. a qualifying, explanatory, or appositive word, phrase, clause, or sentence that interrupts a syntactic construction without otherwise affecting it, having often a characteristic intonation and indicated in writing by commas, parentheses, or dashes, as in William Smith—you must know him—is coming tonight.
4.an interval.
[Origin: 1560–70; < LL < Gk parénthesis a putting in beside. See par-, en-2, thesis]
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Thesaurus Entries
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  digression
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  An instance of digressing.
Synonyms:  aside, deviation, divagation, divergence, divergency, excursion, excursus, irrelevancy, tangent
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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parenthesis: see punctuation.

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