Word: Brackets
How to pronounce: ˈbrækɪt
Noun
Definitions:
1. Each of a pair of marks ( ) [ ] { } 〈 〉 used to enclose words or figures so as to separate them from the context.
Example sentences: "Symbols are given in brackets"
2. A category of people or things that are similar or fall between specified limits.
Example sentences: "Those in a high income bracket"
3. A right-angled support attached to a wall for holding a shelf, lamp, or other object.
Example sentences: "One of York's free-standing gas lamps in the small road off Lawrence Street was to be replaced with an up-to-date electric mercury discharge lamp attached to a wall bracket."
4. The distance between two artillery shots fired either side of the target to establish range.
Example sentences: "The front edges of all example target units are within the same range bracket, and unit A is the main target."
5. A diagram representing the sequence of matches in a sports tournament, especially as used for making predictions about its outcome.
Example sentences: "With the March Madness tournament half the fun is filling out your bracket"
6. A person's nose or jaw.
Verb
Definitions:
1. Enclose (words or figures) in brackets.
Example sentences: "I have bracketed the phrase ‘of contrary qualities’ in the translation, since it is not explicit in the Greek"
2. Place (one or more people or things) in the same category or group.
Example sentences: "He is sometimes bracketed with the ‘new wave’ of film directors"
3. Hold or attach (something) by means of a right-angled support.
Example sentences: "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.
Example sentences: "You stand up, which is the exhilarating part, to see the fall of shot; then you adjust - add, drop, left, right - till you have the target bracketed."
Synonyms:
parenthesis
brace
parens
square bracket
strap
stirrup
holder
hanger
arm
arm support
swing arm
corbel
mount
support bracket
shelf bracket
wall bracket
support arm
clamp
lugs
clip
shackle
clevis
cantilever
category
group
grade
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Brackets in Other Languages...
Spanish: Corchete
German: Klammer
French: Support
Italian: Staffa
Turkish: Parantez
