"( )" meaning in Translingual

See ( ) in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Punctuation

Forms: parentheses [English, name], round bracket s [English, name]
Head templates: {{head|mul|punctuation mark|English name|parentheses|or|round brackets|or||or||cat2=matched pairs|f1lang=en|f1nolink=|f2lang=en|f2nolink=|f3lang=en|f3nolink=|f4lang=en|f4nolink=|head=( )|head2=|sc=|sort=}} ( ) (English name parentheses or round brackets), {{mul-punctuation mark|cat2=matched pairs|head=( )|name=parentheses|name2=round brackets}} ( ) (English name parentheses or round brackets)
  1. Encloses supplemental information.
    Sense id: en-(_)-mul-punct-T~TPR1Do
  2. Encloses a commentary.
    Sense id: en-(_)-mul-punct-ncxZdLxu
  3. Encloses optional variants or variant elements of words, inflections, spellings or pronunciations.
    Sense id: en-(_)-mul-punct-EPRT0yQj
  4. Encloses narration.
    Sense id: en-(_)-mul-punct-P488sqgB
  5. Encloses a letter or number starting an item in a list.
    Sense id: en-(_)-mul-punct-tn4cAazG
  6. (papyrology, epigraphy) Encloses restored elements of text that were (intentionally) omitted by the original scribe as an abbreviation. Synonyms (parenthetical phrase): — —
    Sense id: en-(_)-mul-punct-7zkeq8Wl Topics: epigraphy, history, human-sciences, literature, media, papyrology, publishing, sciences Disambiguation of 'parenthetical phrase': 7 7 14 9 5 25 17 15
  7. (phonetics) A transcription delimiter for silent utterances. It may enclose a transcription of a mouthed utterance derived from lip-reading, such as (ʃːː), or of the length of a pause between utterances, such as (1.3 sec). (...), (..) and (.) are used for increasingly brief pauses. Categories (topical): Phonetics
    Sense id: en-(_)-mul-punct-~sLSTe0C Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
  8. Used as quotation marks (e.g. in Arabic). Categories (topical): Translingual matched pairs, Translingual punctuation marks
    Sense id: en-(_)-mul-punct-Mr9SmHLR Disambiguation of Translingual matched pairs: 2 2 3 7 3 10 7 19 5 4 3 13 3 3 4 2 10 Disambiguation of Translingual punctuation marks: 3 3 3 6 3 8 5 21 4 6 4 11 3 2 5 3 10 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Translingual entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 4 4 4 4 4 9 5 13 4 9 5 5 4 3 7 4 11 Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 4 5 3 10 5 12 5 8 5 5 5 4 8 4 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: to, toi [Lojban], apostrophe (alt: '; ’), curly brackets, brace (alt: { }) [US], square bracket, bracket (alt: [ ]) [US], colon (alt: :), comma (alt: ,), dash (alt: ‒; –; —; ―), ellipsis (alt: ), exclamation mark (alt: !), fraction slash (alt: ), guillemet (alt: « »; ‹ ›), hyphen (alt: -; ‐), interpunct (alt: ·), interrobang (alt: ) [rare], bracket, parentheses (US, Canada) (alt: ( )), full stop, period (alt: .) [Canada, US], question mark (alt: ?), quotation marks (alt: ‘ ’ ‚; „) [formal], quotation marks (alt: "; ') [informal] [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], semicolon (alt: ;), slash, stroke (alt: /) [UK], space (alt: ] [)

Symbol

Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol|cat2=matched pairs|head=( )}} ( )
  1. (mathematics) Encloses a mathematical phrase that has increased precedence in terms of operators. Categories (topical): Mathematics Related terms (mathematical precedence): { }
    Sense id: en-(_)-mul-symbol-CvrLGI5c Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'mathematical precedence': 51 7 8 4 6 6 7 3 6
  2. (mathematics) Denotes the greatest common divisor of two integers. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-(_)-mul-symbol-g6c4qvCD Topics: mathematics, sciences
  3. (mathematics) Denotes a coordinate. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-(_)-mul-symbol-1-qU2pPK Topics: mathematics, sciences
  4. (regular expressions) Defines a marked subexpression, to be matched using the backslash (\1, \2, etc.) Categories (topical): Regular expressions
    Sense id: en-(_)-mul-symbol-ZQs8KwdY
  5. (programming) Used when defining a new function, enclosing the list of parameters. Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-(_)-mul-symbol-aWK9gliI Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  6. (programming) Used when calling an existing function, enclosing the list of arguments. Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-(_)-mul-symbol-7RskuF6H Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  7. (programming) Used with some expressions and conditionals, like "if", "switch", "for", "while", etc., in certain programming languages. Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-(_)-mul-symbol-YRUhikxz Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  8. (chemistry) Encloses a repeated unit in a polymer. Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-(_)-mul-symbol-nnbGM8lo Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  9. (accounting) Indicates that a number is negative in place of a minus sign. Categories (topical): Accounting
    Sense id: en-(_)-mul-symbol-6h0NfF7y Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 4 4 4 4 4 9 5 13 4 9 5 5 4 3 7 4 11 Topics: accounting, business, finance
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: [ ], ((( )))

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          "text": "Go get the dog(s)"
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          "text": "You should (re)write that story."
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          "ref": "2006, “Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness”, in Scott Pilgrim, volume 3 (in English)",
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          "english": "Wallace: No, because (A) you'll take half an hour to decide what you want, and (B) no sugar for you!!",
          "ref": "2006, “Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness”, in Scott Pilgrim, volume 3 (in English)",
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        "mul:Chemistry"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "glutaraldehyde = CH₂(CH₂CHO)₂"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Encloses a repeated unit in a polymer."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "polymer",
          "polymer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chemistry) Encloses a repeated unit in a polymer."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "mul:Accounting"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "(20)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Indicates that a number is negative in place of a minus sign."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accounting",
          "accounting#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "minus sign",
          "minus sign"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(accounting) Indicates that a number is negative in place of a minus sign."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "accounting",
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "( )"
}

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