See Also: parenthesis(dictionary)
parenthesis(dictionary)

parenthesis (oh)



[C usually plural]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Late Latin; Origin: Greek, from parentithenai 'to put in']
a round bracket
in parentheses
::The figures in parentheses refer to page numbers.
in parenthesis
BrE in parentheses AmE if you say something in parenthesis, you say it while you are talking about something else in order to add information or explain something
::In parenthesis, I should add that the results have not yet been proven.
-see also punctuation mark