Parenthesis synonyms

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brackets
Plural form of bracket
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braces
Plural form of brace
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enclosure
(Countable) Something enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.
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whitespace (related)
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crotchets
Plural form of crotchet
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punctuation-marks
Plural form of punctuation mark
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delimiter (related)
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bracket (related)
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digression
An instance of digressing, especially a written or spoken passage that has no bearing on the main subject.
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aside
Words spoken by an actor in such a way that they are heard by the audience but supposedly not by the other actors
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excursus
A fuller treatment (in a separate section) of a particular part of the text of a book, especially a classic.
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divagation
Straying off from a course or way
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punctuation (related)
A system for using such marks
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deviation
The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.
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divergence
(Biology) The evolution of different forms or structures in related species as they adapt to different environments. An example of divergence is the development of wings in bats from the same bones that form the arm and hand or paw in most other mammals.
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divergency
(Uncountable) The state of being divergent
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excursion
(Physics) A single movement outward from the mean position in an oscillating or alternating motion
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irrelevancy
Irrelevance.
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tangent
A sudden digression or change of course:
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approach (related)
The method used in dealing with or accomplishing:
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angle-brackets (related)
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quotation-marks (related)
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double quotes (related)
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semicolon (related)
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delimiters (related)
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single quotes (related)
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comma (related)
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hyphen (related)
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semi-colon (related)
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superscript (related)
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Find another word for parenthesis. In this page you can discover 30 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for parenthesis, like: brackets, braces, enclosure, whitespace, crotchets, punctuation-marks, delimiter, bracket, digression, aside and excursus.
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Parenthesis Sentence Examples

  • Sometimes the number is just placed in parenthesis.

  • Take out the URL from the parenthesis, and type in the url where your photo is stored.

  • The only case left is where begins with a left parenthesis.

  • If the string begins with an open parenthesis, it is treated as a standard format string.

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