parentheses in the PONS Dictionary

parentheses Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

box [or square] parentheses
квадратни скоби

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Parentheses indicate those consonants found only in loanwords: square brackets indicate those with very low functional load.
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Parentheses can be used to change the order of evaluation.
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The plus sign in the second term in parentheses refers to a positive dispersive configuration while the minus sign refers to a compensating configuration.
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In set theory, chevrons or parentheses are used to denote ordered pairs and other tuples, whereas curly brackets are used for unordered sets.
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Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of such being a traffic accident or landslide), but are still related to that storm.
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Parentheses are used to delimit lists of semicolon separated statements.
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The question mark, particularly when between parentheses, can also be used as a meta sign to signal uncertainty regarding the preceding text.
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This is done in the text by giving the approximate value in today's money in parentheses.
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Deaths in parentheses are indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but were still related to that storm.
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Following this convention, when more than three levels of nesting are needed, often a cycle of parentheses, square brackets, and curly brackets will continue.
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