verb
- to place words or phrases within parentheses
- to treat something as less important or secondary
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The editor asked me to parenthesize the additional information.
- Please parenthesize your personal comments in the report.
- The author parenthesized several explanatory notes throughout the text.
- Don’t parenthesize the main argument in your essay.
- The teacher showed us how to parenthesize citations properly.
- He tends to parenthesize his own contributions to the project.