parenthesize

pəˈrɛnθəˌsaɪz

Definition of parenthesize - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr.

writing

TECH.

place text within parentheses

TECH.

He decided to parenthesize the dates for clarity.

bracket

enclose

speech

TECH.

insert additional information as a parenthesis

TECH.

She parenthesized her thoughts during the presentation.

insert

interject

interpolate

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Origin of parenthesize

Greek, parenthesis (insertion)

Examples of parenthesize in a sentence

The author chose to parenthesize the references.
He tends to parenthesize during conversations.
The author likes to parenthesize in her writing.

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French:parenthéser, ajouter entre parenthèses, ...
German:in Klammern setzen, einschieben, ...
Italian:parentetizzare, aggiungere tra parentesi, ...
Spanish:poner entre paréntesis, añadir, ...
Portuguese:colocar entre parênteses, acrescentar entre parênteses, ...
Chinese:括起来, 插入括号, ...
Japanese:括弧に入れる, 挿入する, ...
Arabic:وَضَعَ النَّص بَيْنَ قَوْسَيْن, أدرَجَ بَيْنَ قَوْسَيْن, ...
Hebrew:לְהַכְנִיס לְתוֹךְ סוֹגְרַיִם, לְהַכְנִיס בְּסוֹגְרַיִם, ...
Russian:заключать, вставлять в скобках, ...
Ukrainian:взяти в дужки, вставляти в дужки, ...
Hindi:कोष्ठक में रखना, कोष्ठक में समाहित करना, ...
Bengali:বন্ধনীর মধ্যে রাখা, বন্ধনীভুক্ত করা, ...
Catalan:parentetitzar, afegir, ...
Czech:dát do závorek, vložit jako vsuvku, ...
Danish:parentesere, indsætte i parentes, ...
Dutch:tussen haakjes zetten, tussenvoegen, ...
Greek:παρενθετοποιώ, παρενθέτω, ...
Hungarian:zárójelbe tenni, közbeszúrni, ...
Khmer:ដាក់ក្នុងវង់ក្រចក, បញ្ចូលព័ត៌មានបន្ថែមក្នុងវង់ក្រចក, ...
Korean:괄호로 묶다, 괄호로 삽입하다, ...
Persian:داخل پرانتز قرار داد, به صورت پرانتز وارد کرد, ...
Polish:nawiasować, wstawiać w nawias, ...
Portuguese (BR):parentetizar, inserir entre parênteses, ...
Romanian:a pune între paranteze, a insera în paranteză, ...
Swedish:sätta inom parentes, infoga ytterligare information som en parentes, ...
Thai:ใส่วงเล็บ, แทรกความคิด, ...
Turkish:parantez içine almak, eklemek, ...
Vietnamese:đặt trong ngoặc đơn, chèn thêm, ...

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