round bracket
Frequency: 6.05.1 per million words
Used to enclose extra information. Refers to the symbols ( and ). Also known as parenthesis.
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- Please put the additional information in round brackets.
- In academic writing, citations are often placed within round brackets.
- The formula requires you to perform the calculation inside the round brackets first.
- She added a short, parenthetical comment using round brackets.
- Do I use a round bracket or a square bracket for this note?
- The editor marked the text that should be enclosed in round brackets.
- In many programming languages, function calls are followed by round brackets.
- A common mistake is forgetting the closing round bracket.
- His date of birth was written in round brackets next to his name.
- The teacher explained that a round bracket is also known as a parenthesis.