ALL meanings of parentheses
pa·ren·the·sis
P p - noun plural parentheses 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. 1
- noun plural parentheses Usually, parentheses. the material contained within these marks. 1
- noun plural parentheses 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. 1
- noun plural parentheses an interval. 1
- noun Technical meaning of parentheses See left parenthesis, right parenthesis. 1