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1. Represents a mouth vertically aligned, in order to form emoticons.
3. Separates a letter or number from an item in a list.

   Synonym: .

   Near-synonym: ( )

   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.

   • 2024 September 21, Heath Owens, “What to Wear to Sabrina Carpenter's 'Short N' Sweet' Tour”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[1] (in English):

     Whether a specific moment in pop culture history—i.e. Madonna at the VMAs—or a callback to an iconic style decade—her '70s curtain bangs or '50s-style swimwear from the "Espresso" music video—these looks are A) easy to recreate and B) so wearable for repeated use after your tour date has come and gone.

4. Used in ( ).

For quotations using this term, see Citations:(.

)

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

   ${\displaystyle [a,b)=\{x\in \mathbb {R} \,|\,a\leq x<b\}}$ 

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• toi (Lojban)

Punctuation

Borrowed from Russian ).

)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) :-), expressing happiness or amusement.

The methods in using ) as an Internet slang expression in Azerbaijani are similar to that in Russian and Ukrainian.

Generally, the number of brackets may vary, but it can also be just one bracket at the end of a sentence.

)

1. used in ( )

)

1. Used in ( ).

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, resulting in the decline of :-).

)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) :-), expressing happiness or amusement.

Usage of multiple brackets is used to emphasize the laughter or funiness, but it may also suggest an ironic or sarcastic 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.

• ( (online slang, expression of sadness or disappointment)

• ))) (online slang, expression of laughter)

• → Azerbaijani: )