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parenthesizing

parenthesizing is the present participle and gerund of parenthesize.

Meaning of parenthesize

Verb

parenthesize (third-person singular simple present parenthesizes, present participle parenthesizing, simple past and past participle parenthesized)

  1. To place text in parentheses.
    • When a wholly detached expression or sentence is parenthesized, the final stop comes before the last mark of parenthesis.1918, William Strunk Jr., Elements of Style, Ithaca, N.Y.: Priv. print. [Geneva, N.Y.: Press of W. F. Humphrey], http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk2.html
  2. To interject.
    • "Heaven grant it!" parenthesized Lord Rushbrook.1871, Alexander Innes Shand, Against Time, Littell & Gay, p. 66, https://books.google.ca/books?id=BS8nAAAAMAAJ&q=%22parenthesized%22+OR+%22parenthesised%22&dq=%22parenthesized%22+OR+%22parenthesised%2...

Questions about parenthesizing

What is parenthesizing the present participle and gerund of?
Parenthesizing is the present participle and gerund of parenthesize.

Words near parenthesizing in the dictionary

  1. parenthesization
  2. parenthesizations
  3. parenthesize
  4. parenthesized
  5. parenthesizes
  6. parenthesizing
  7. parenthesome
  8. parenthesomes
  9. parenthetic
  10. parenthetical
  11. parentheticalities

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