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Meanings of round bracket in English

Russian
скобки
Portuguese
parêntese
Spanish
paréntesis
Catalan
parèntesi

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      скобки
      Usage of round bracket in English
      1
      The pattern in the round brackets must match the value itself.
      Nagios: system and network monitoring, 2nd edition
      2
      Entries in round brackets should be read as if they were footnotes, typically giving background information or editorial speculation.
      The Faerie Queene — Volume 01
      3
      (Transcriber's Note: Equivalent sound shown within round brackets.)
      De La Salle Fifth Reader
      4
      The lettered footnotes in round brackets, (a), (b), etc, are Johnson's, and are to be found at the end of each Note.]
      The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 05 / ...
      5
      Editorial comment in entries of this class is either enclosed in round brackets, as above, or set in "italic" type, as in this entry:
      The Faerie Queene — Volume 01
      Translations for round bracket
      Catalan
      parèntesi