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Translingual
Punctuation mark
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- Represents a mouth vertically aligned, in order to form emoticons.
- 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.
- Used in ( ).
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:(.
Synonyms
- (separator between a number and an item) .
Symbol
)
- (mathematics) Denotes an open endpoint of an interval.
Synonyms
See also
- toi (Lojban)
- apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ )
- curly brackets or braces (US) ( { } )
- square brackets or brackets (US) ( [ ] )
- colon ( : )
- comma ( , )
- dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
- ellipsis ( … )
- exclamation mark ( ! )
- fraction slash ( ⁄ )
- guillemets ( « » ) ( ‹ › )
- hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
- interpunct ( · )
- interrobang (rare) ( ‽ )
- brackets or parentheses (US, Canada) ( ( ) )
- full stop or period (US, Canada) ( . )
- question mark ( ? )
- quotation marks (formal) ( ‘ ’ ‚ ) ( “ ” „ )
- quotation marks (informal, computing) ( " ) ( ' )
- semicolon ( ; )
- slash or stroke (UK) ( / )
- space ( ] [ )
Chinese
Punctuation mark
)
- used in ( )
Japanese
Punctuation mark
)
- Used in ( ).
Russian
Etymology
Evolved from :-). In the Russian keyboard layout, one has to press Shift+6 to type a colon, which is deemed inconvenient, particularly in instant messaging, as it requires both hands. As a result the smiley's eyes vanished over time.
Punctuation mark
)
- (Internet slang, text messaging) :-), expressing happiness or amusement.
Usage notes
Usage of multiple brackets is used to emphasize the laughter or funiness, but it may also suggest an ironic or sarcastc tone. Multiple brackets with zeroes - )0 or (9 - are used similarly to !1, implying that shift key was released, expressing an emphasis. ")))" is not to be confused with ((( ))), known as a far-right symbol directed against Jewish people.
Antonyms
- ( (online slang, expression of sadness or disappointment)
Related terms
- ))) (online slang, expression of laughter)