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bracket

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noun

brack·​et ˈbra-kət How to pronounce bracket (audio)
1
: an overhanging member that projects from a structure (such as a wall) and is usually designed to support a vertical load or to strengthen an angle
2
: a fixture (as for holding a lamp) projecting from a wall or column
3
a
: one of a pair of marks [ ] used in writing and printing to enclose matter or in mathematics and logic as signs of aggregation

called also square bracket

b
: one of the pair of marks 〈 〉 used to enclose matter

called also angle bracket

c
: parenthesis sense 3
d
: brace sense 2b
4
: a section of a continuously numbered or graded series (such as age ranges or income levels)
5
: a pairing of opponents in an elimination tournament

bracket

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verb

bracketed; bracketing; brackets

transitive verb

1
a
: to place within or as if within brackets
editorial comments are bracketed
news stories bracketed by commercials
b
: to eliminate from consideration
bracket off politics
c
: to extend around so as to encompass : include
test pressures … which bracket virtually the entire range of passenger-car tire pressures Consumer Reports
2
: to furnish or fasten with brackets
3
: to put in the same category or group
bracketed in a tie for third
4
a
: to get the range on (a target) by firing over and short
b
: to establish the limits of
bracketed the problem neatly
c
: to take photographs of at more than one exposure in order to ensure that the desired exposure is obtained

Synonyms

Noun

Verb

Example Sentences

Noun The shelf is held up with two brackets. There are wall brackets in the garage for the rakes and shovels. She is taller than average for her age bracket. He earned enough to put him in a higher tax bracket. She is now in a lower income bracket than before. Verb I wouldn't exactly bracket your paintings with those of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
As freshmen, Maggie Driscoll and Lizzie Loftus started on an 18-2 Watertown field hockey team that was the top seed in the Division 2 North bracket. Olivia Nolan, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022 After beating Nicaragua 2-0 to open the tournament, Curacao fell 9-3 to Panama to drop out of the winners’ side of the international bracket. Tim Brown | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 28 Aug. 2022 After beating Nicaragua 2-0 to open the tournament, Curacao fell 9-3 to Panama to drop out of the winners’ side of the international bracket. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 28 Aug. 2022 Cohen finished with seven strikeouts and Ruston Hiyoto hit a two-run homer to put the game out of reach, making Hawaii the winners of U.S. bracket. Tim Bielik, cleveland, 28 Aug. 2022 Hawaii, winner of the U.S. bracket, has already topped last year’s squad, which finished third at the LLWS. Matthew Gelhard, ajc, 27 Aug. 2022 South Windsor moved to the end of the winners bracket and enjoyed an extra day of rest before defeating Hamden once more, 7-0. Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2022 Pete Alonso is the No. 2 seed in Round 1 of the Home Run Derby bracket with Kyle Schwarber the top seed. Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 18 July 2022 The derby bracket is revealed Thursday at 4 p.m. PDT. Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2022
Verb
The conventional wisdom at the time was that personality was fairly fixed from an early age and that personality tests, which ignored the body, could largely bracket one’s range of leadership. Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 2 July 2022 The story and the colors are used to bracket the beginning and end credits of the documentary. The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 June 2022 In contrast to such provocateurs as Lars von Trier or Nicolas Winding Refn, who bracket their cinematic endurance tests in compulsory irony, Cronenberg is in some senses a peculiarly earnest filmmaker. Adam Nayman, The New Yorker, 3 June 2022 The solar eclipses of 1961 and 1999, both observable in Serbia, bracket the events explored in the lyrical imagery of Nataša Urban’s debut feature-length documentary. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 12 Apr. 2022 His paintings bracket three compelling canvases by James Little, whose work in geometric abstraction—executed in oils mixed with beeswax—hinges on its feeling of freedom. Marley Marius, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2022 Western officials can’t say for certain how an attack on Ukraine might unfold by the more than 100,000 Russian troops that now bracket the country on three sides. James Marson, WSJ, 12 Feb. 2022 The kickoff temperature was 3 degrees with a minus-14 wind chill at Allianz Field, selected by the U.S. Soccer Federation along with Columbus, Ohio, to bracket a road game against Canada. Dave Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 3 Feb. 2022 Vocally, the first and last wives bracket the show with two astonishments. Helen Shaw, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

perhaps from Middle French braguette codpiece, from diminutive of brague breeches, from Old Occitan braga, from Latin braca, of Celtic origin — more at breech

First Known Use

Noun

1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of bracket was in 1574

Phrases Containing bracket

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