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Collocations for parenthesis - noun

1. (parentheses) (esp. AmE) marks around extra information in writing

→ See also bracket

VERB + PARENTHESES

enclose sth in parentheses, give sth in parentheses, put sth in parentheses
The prices are given in parentheses.

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PREPOSITION

in parentheses, inside parentheses, within parentheses
The words in parentheses should be deleted.
outside parentheses
The numbers outside the parentheses are the sales figures.

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2. extra information in a sentence, etc.

ADJECTIVE

long
After a long parenthesis, she returned to the matter in hand.

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PREPOSITION

in parenthesis
I add, in parenthesis, that I doubt whether such a place exists.

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