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Brack·et

/ˈbrakət/

noun
- 1. each of a pair of marks [ ] used to enclose words or figures so as to separate them from the context: "symbols are given in brackets" Similar parenthesisbraceround bracketsquare bracketangle bracketcurly bracket
- 2. a category of people or things that are similar or fall between specified limits: "those in a high income bracket" Similar groupgroupingcategorycategorizationgradegradingclassificationclasssetsectiondivisionorderbatchcohortlist
- 3. a right-angled support attached to and projecting from a wall for holding a shelf, lamp, or other object. Similar supportpropstaybattenjoistbuttressrestmountingholdershelfrackframe
- 4. the distance between two artillery shots fired either side of the target to establish range.
- 5. a diagram representing the sequence of games in a sports tournament, especially as used for making predictions about its outcome: US "with the March Madness tournament half the fun is filling out your bracket"
verb
- 1. enclose (words or figures) in brackets: "I have bracketed the phrase “of contrary qualities” in the translation, since it is not explicit in the Greek"
- ▪ enclose (a complex expression) in brackets to denote that the whole of the expression rather than just a part of it has a particular relation, such as multiplication or division, to another expression.
- ▪ put (a belief or matter) aside temporarily: "he bracketed off the question of God"
- 2. place (one or more people or things) in the same category or group: "he is sometimes bracketed with the “new wave” of film directors"
- 3. hold or attach (something) by means of a right-angled support: "pipes should be bracketed"
- 4. establish the range of (a target) by firing two preliminary shots, one short of the target and the other beyond it.
- ▪ establish (the correct exposure) by taking several pictures with slightly more or less exposure: "it's always best to bracket your exposures"
Word Origin late 16th century: from French braguette or Spanish bragueta ‘codpiece, bracket, corbel’, from Provençal braga, from Latin braca, (plural) bracae ‘breeches’.
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Tall punctuation mark typically used in matched pairs within text, to set apart or interject other text; opening and closing, or left and right symbols
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. They come in four main pairs of shapes, as given in the box to the right, which also gives their names, that vary between British and American English. "Brackets", without further qualification, are in British English the (…) marks and in American English... Wikipedia
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