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parentheses

/pəˈɹɛnθəsiːz/

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noun

Paréntesis, inciso

A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes.

Examples :

"The teacher's instructions, (which were quite detailed), helped the students understand the project better. "

Las instrucciones del profesor, (que eran bastante detalladas), ayudaron a los estudiantes a comprender mejor el proyecto.

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noun

Paréntesis

Either of a pair of brackets, especially round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).

Examples :

"The author added extra information about the character's age inside parentheses. "

El autor añadió información adicional sobre la edad del personaje entre paréntesis.

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noun

Paréntesis, digresión

A digression; the use of such digressions.

Examples :

"The teacher's explanation of the new math concept included parentheses of unrelated historical facts, making the lesson confusing for some students. "

La explicación del profesor sobre el nuevo concepto matemático incluyó paréntesis de hechos históricos no relacionados, lo que hizo que la lección fuera confusa para algunos estudiantes.

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noun

Paréntesis

Such brackets as used to clarify expressions by grouping those terms affected by a common operator, or to enclose the components of a vector or the elements of a matrix.

Examples :

"The teacher said to solve the equation inside the parentheses first. "

El profesor dijo que resolviéramos la ecuación dentro de los paréntesis primero.

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