parenthesize
Set off textually
To parenthesize is to enclose words in parentheses: The editor parenthesized the clarifying phrase.
More broadly, it means to set something aside or treat it as secondary: Let's parenthesize that issue for now and focus on the main question.
The British spelling is parenthesise.
Add explanatory remarks
- glossShine or annotation
- explainMake something understood
- elucidateTo make understood
- explicateClarify through detailed analysis
interpret · define · illustrate · commentary · exposition · aside · interject · qualify
Brief theatrical digression
- subordinateOne lower in rank
- digressStray from the topic
- tangentialBarely connected to main point
- incidentalMinor and unplanned
secondary · peripheral · sideline · minimize · downplay · relegate · background · afterthought
Dental alignment devices
- curlyHaving spiral locks
- squareRhombus with right angles
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- chevronsV-shaped rank markings
delimiters · syntax · notation · punctuation · grouping · nesting · code · mathematics
annotate
Add explanatory remarks
explicate · interpret · define · illustrate · commentary · exposition · aside · interject · qualify · specify
aside
Brief theatrical digression
- subordinateOne lower in rank
- digressStray from the topic
- tangentialBarely connected to main point
incidental · secondary · peripheral · sideline · minimize · downplay · relegate · background · afterthought · footnote
braces
Dental alignment devices
chevrons · delimiters · syntax · notation · punctuation · grouping · nesting · code · mathematics · algebra
set apart
To separate distinctly
- separateTo set apart
- section offDivide and separate
- distinguishRecognize as distinct
demarcate · partition · segment · excerpt · extract · detach · offset · cordon · delimit · circumscribe
parenthesizeemphasize
Stress the importance of
highlight · foreground · accentuate · stress · underscore
parenthesizeintegrate
Combine into unified whole
incorporate · foreground · embed · centralize · mainstream
- in parenthesisEnclosed by curved punctuation marks