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parens, n. pl. Chiefly Printing.|pəˈrɛnz|
Freq. with point.
[Abbrev. of parentheses.]
= parentheses, pl. of parenthesis n. 3 a. Also in sing. paren.
1905F. H. Collins Author & Printer 282/2 Parenthes/is, pl. -es, abbr. parens.,..the upright curves ( ). 1972Scholarly Publishing Apr. 270 We'll lay you five to one they won't see that comma before a paren. 1975J. Butcher Copy-Editing vi. 109 To a printer the word ‘brackets’ signifies square brackets; round brackets are called ‘parentheses’ or ‘parens.’. 1979Amer. Banker 7 Mar. 5/1 (table) Rate of return with rank in parens. 1988UNIX Rev. Sept. 80/2 The definition of algol–60 expressions..reads: primary: variable Left Paren expression Right Paren. |