parenthetical

/,pærən'θetik/ Cách viết khác : (parenthetical) /,pærən'θetikəl/

Thân thiện

A student adds a parenthetical note to her essay.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses: Used to describe a word, phrase, or remark that is added into a sentence as an explanation, comment, or afterthought, and is often set off by punctuation like commas, dashes, or parentheses.

2. Noun:

   • An expression in parentheses: A word, phrase, or clause that is inserted into a sentence as a qualifying or explanatory comment and is marked off by punctuation (parentheses, commas, or dashes).

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • The author made a parenthetical remark about the historical context.
  • Her speech was clear, aside from a few parenthetical asides.

• Noun:

  • The sentence was cluttered with too many parentheticals.
  • He added a parenthetical to clarify his earlier point.

Advanced Usage

• "Parenthetical element": A grammatical term for any word, phrase, or clause that interrupts the flow of a sentence to add extra information and is usually set off by punctuation.

  • The main clause, a parenthetical element, continued after the comma.

• "Parenthetical citation": In academic writing, a citation placed within the text, typically in parentheses.

  • The paper used parenthetical citations following the author-date style.

Variants and Related Words

• Parenthesis (n): 1. Either of the round brackets ( ) used to set off a parenthetical word or phrase. 2. A word, phrase, or clause inserted as an explanation or afterthought.

  • The important dates were given in parentheses.

• Parenthetically (adv): In a parenthetical manner; as an aside or additional comment.

  • She added, parenthetically, that the results were preliminary.

Synonyms

• Adjective: Explanatory, qualifying, incidental, interposed, inserted.
• Noun: Aside, interpolation, digression, insertion.

Related Phrases

• In parenthesis: Used to introduce an additional, often less important, remark.

  • He mentioned, in parenthesis, that the meeting was optional.

• By way of parenthesis: Serving as or in the manner of a parenthesis.

  • She added a comment by way of parenthesis.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses
   • parenthetical remarks

Noun

1. an expression in parentheses
   • his writing was full of parentheticals

Từ đồng nghĩa

• parenthetic
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