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This tag is concerned with the usage of the glyphs ( and ), known as parentheses (singular parenthesis) in American English and as brackets in British English.

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Is it correct to put a definition in parentheses? [closed]

I want to know whether it is correct (or acceptable or unacceptable) to put the definition in parentheses. …
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