Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In grammar, apposition, or the placing in the same case of two or more nouns which explain or characterize one another.
- noun The setting side by side of things of equivalent grade: used by some philologists of monosyllabic or isolating language.
- noun In rhetoric, a parenthetical notice, generally of something to be afterward expanded.
- noun In the Gr. Ch., a prayer uttered by a bishop over converts or catechumens.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gram.) The placing of two or more nouns in the same case; apposition.
- noun (Rhet.) A parenthetical notice, usually of matter to be afterward expanded.
- noun (Print.) The matter contained within brackets.
- noun (Eccl.) A commendatory prayer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun grammar The placing of two or more
nouns in the samecase ;apposition . - noun rhetoric A
parenthetical notice , usually of matter to be afterward expanded. - noun printing The matter contained within
brackets . - noun religion A
commendatory prayer .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Anyway, good review, and I apologize for the excessive use of parathesis in this comment.
THE PUNISHER KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE Marvel Comics David Campbell 2006
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I know you have to escape the parathesis but it produces:
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Good luck to all. after 7 months of constantly changing symptoms, MRI'S x5, admittance to a neurological hospital finally diagnosed with T.M. Like a lot of you my inital symptom was a very sharp stabbing pain in my groin which was unbearable, over the next two weeks i developed parathesis in my right leg and foot with a pins and needles sensation.
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Good luck to all. after 7 months of constantly changing symptoms, MRI'S x5, admittance to a neurological hospital finally diagnosed with T.M. Like a lot of you my inital symptom was a very sharp stabbing pain in my groin which was unbearable, over the next two weeks i developed parathesis in my right leg and foot with a pins and needles sensation.
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Good luck to all. after 7 months of constantly changing symptoms, MRI'S x5, admittance to a neurological hospital finally diagnosed with T.M. Like a lot of you my inital symptom was a very sharp stabbing pain in my groin which was unbearable, over the next two weeks i developed parathesis in my right leg and foot with a pins and needles sensation.
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Good luck to all. after 7 months of constantly changing symptoms, MRI'S x5, admittance to a neurological hospital finally diagnosed with T.M. Like a lot of you my inital symptom was a very sharp stabbing pain in my groin which was unbearable, over the next two weeks i developed parathesis in my right leg and foot with a pins and needles sensation.
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