"paren" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Clipping of parenthesis",
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  "etymology_text": "Clipping of parenthesis.",
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    {
      "form": "parens",
      "tags": [
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "A parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text)."
      ],
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        "(informal, especially computing) A parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text)."
      ],
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        "especially",
        "informal"
      ],
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pəˈɹɛn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "paren"
}

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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "en:Computing"
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        "A parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text)."
      ],
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        "(informal, especially computing) A parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text)."
      ],
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        "especially",
        "informal"
      ],
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
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        "sciences"
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    {
      "ipa": "/pəˈɹɛn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛn"
    }
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  "word": "paren"
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