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  1. noun Either or both of the upright curved lines, ( ), used to mark off explanatory or qualifying remarks in writing or printing or enclose a sum, product, or other expression considered or treated as a collective entity in a mathematical operation.
  2. noun A qualifying or amplifying word, phrase, or sentence inserted within written matter in such a way as to be independent of the surrounding grammatical structure.
  3. noun A comment departing from the theme of discourse; a digression.
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  1. Late Latin, insertion of a letter or syllable in a word, from Greek, from parentithenai, to insert : para-, beside; see para-1 + en-, in; see en in Indo-European roots + tithenai, to put; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French parenthèse = Spanish paréntesis = Portuguese parenthesis = Italian parentesi, from Greek παρένθεσις, a putting in beside, from παρεντιθέναι, put in beside, from παρά, beside, + ἐντιθέναι, put in, from ἐν, in, + τιθέναι, put: see thesis.
 

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/pəˈrɛnθɛsɪs/
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