how to pronounce parenthesis

/pəˈɹɛn.θə.sɪs/

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parenthesis is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of parenthesis in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… colon and parenthesis are universally …”

meanings of parenthesis

noun:

A digression; the use of such digressions.
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.
Either of a pair of brackets, especially round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).
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.

parenthesis frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word parenthesis occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics parenthesis can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that parenthesis can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

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