Parentheses

//pəˈɹɛnθəsiːz// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of parenthesis form-of, plural

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bracketbracketcommapunctuation

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"Put the words in parentheses into abbreviated form."

Etymology

By surface analysis, par- + en- + theses.

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