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  1. Represents a mouth vertically aligned, in order to form emoticons.
  2. Separates a number or letter from an item in a list. Compare ( ), as in "(A) Milk, (B) Eggs, (C) Flour".
    A) New York, B) London, C) Paris.
    a) New York, b) London, c) Paris.
    1) New York, 2) London, 3) Paris.
    I) New York, II) London, III) Paris.
  3. Used in ( ).

Quotations[edit]

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:(.

Synonyms[edit]

  • (separater between a number and an item) .

Symbol[edit]

)

  1. (mathematics) Denotes an open endpoint of an interval.

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Punctuation


Chinese[edit]

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)

  1. Used in ( ).

Japanese[edit]

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)

  1. Used in ( ).

Russian[edit]

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  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) :-)