parenthesizing
/pəˈrɛnθəˌsaɪzɪŋ/
noun
- The act or process of placing something in parentheses.
- Overuse of parenthesizing makes writing hard to follow.
- Parenthesizing can help clarify a sentence's structure.
- The teacher explained the rules of parenthesizing in punctuation.
verb
- To set off a word, phrase, or clause within parentheses or dashes.
- The editor is parenthesizing the author's aside for clarity.
- When parenthesizing a date, use commas before and after it.
- She practiced parenthesizing extra information in her sentences.
- To insert a comment or explanation into speech or writing as an aside.
- The speaker was parenthesizing every statement with a joke.
- He kept parenthesizing his main point with personal stories.
- Stop parenthesizing and get to the main topic.