English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "hakies" is 'n leesteken ( ) wat gebruik word om 'n woord of frase na 'n onafhanklike klousule te verreken, om 'n onderbreking, verduideliking of kwalifiserende stelling aan te dui. Dit kan ook verwys na 'n paar hakies wat in wiskundige uitdrukkings gebruik word om dele van die uitdrukking te groepeer of omsluit. Daarbenewens kan "hakies" ook verwys na 'n opmerking of verduideliking wat in 'n teks of gesprek ingevoeg word, dikwels op 'n manier wat nie direk verband hou met die hoofonderwerp nie.

Synonyms

  1. digression
  2. divagation
  3. aside
  4. excursus

Sentence Examples

  1. And here Cide Hamete inserts a parenthesis in which he says that to have seen the pair marching from the door to the bed, linked hand in hand in this way, he would have given the best of the two tunics he had.
  2. In parenthesis, it notes that her skirt was on backwards.
  3. One circle for Stewart with a notation of nephew in parenthesis.
  4. Show signs of life to all those other women, whose acquaintance had been put in parenthesis, invert-ed commas or under square brackets, or those with whom business had been left in limbo, in infancy or in the stage of innuendo.