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brackets
Brackets ( [ ] ), sometimes known as square brackets, are similar to parentheses in that they are used to contain information that does not impact the overall grammatical structure of the sentence. However, rather than indicating information that is supplemental or incidental, brackets are usually used within quoted speech to indicate that a writer has added material to the quotation to provide clarifying or explanatory information.
brack·et
(brăk′ĭt)n.
1.
a. A simple rigid structure in the shape of an L, one arm of which is fixed to a vertical surface, the other projecting horizontally to support a shelf or other weight.
b. A small shelf or shelves supported by such structures.
2. Architecture A decorative or weight-bearing structural unit, two sides of which form a right angle with one arm flush against a wall and the other flush beneath a projecting surface, such as eaves or a bay window.
3. A wall-anchored fixture for gas or electricity.
5. Chiefly British One of a pair of parentheses.
6. A classification or grouping, especially within a sequence of numbers or grades, as a category of incomes sharing the same tax rate.
7. A treelike diagram showing the matchups between competitors in different rounds of a tournament.
8.
a. The distance between two impacting shells, the first aimed beyond a target and the second aimed short of it, used to determine the range for artillery fire.
b. The shells fired in such a manner.
tr.v. brack·et·ed, brack·et·ing, brack·ets
1. To furnish or support with a bracket or brackets.
2. To place within or as if within brackets.
3. To classify or group together.
4. To include or exclude by establishing specific boundaries.
5. To fire beyond and short of (a target) in order to determine artillery range.
[Possibly French braguette, codpiece, diminutive of brague, breeches, from Old Provençal braga, from Latin brācae, from Gaulish brāca, leg covering.]
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bracket
(ˈbrækɪt)n
1. (Furniture) an L-shaped or other support fixed to a wall to hold a shelf, etc
2. (Building) one or more wall shelves carried on brackets
3. (Architecture) architect a support projecting from the side of a wall or other structure. See also corbel, ancon, console2
4. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Also called: square bracket either of a pair of characters, [ ], used to enclose a section of writing or printing to separate it from the main text
6. a group or category falling within or between certain defined limits: the lower income bracket.
7. (General Physics) the distance between two preliminary shots of artillery fire in range-finding
8. (Skiing) a skating figure consisting of two arcs meeting at a point, tracing the shape ⋎
vb (tr) , -kets, -keting or -keted
9. (Furniture) to fix or support by means of a bracket or brackets
10. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to put (written or printed matter) in brackets, esp as being irrelevant, spurious, or bearing a separate relationship of some kind to the rest of the text
11. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to couple or join (two lines of text, etc) with a brace
12. (often foll by with) to group or class together: to bracket Marx with the philosophers.
13. (Military) to adjust (artillery fire) until the target is hit
[C16: from Old French braguette codpiece, diminutive of bragues breeches, from Old Provençal braga, from Latin brāca breeches]
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brack•et
(ˈbræk ɪt)n.
1. a supporting piece, often L- or scroll-shaped, projecting from a wall or the like to bear the weight of a shelf, cornice, etc., or to reinforce the angle between two members.
2. a shelf or shelves so supported.
3. a wall fixture for holding a lamp, clock, telephone, etc.
4. Also called square bracket. one of two marks, [or], used in writing or printing to enclose parenthetical matter, interpolations, etc.
5. Math.
a. brackets, parentheses of various forms indicating that the enclosed quantity is to be treated as a unit.
b. (loosely) vinculum (def. 2).
6. a class, division, or grouping, as of persons in relation to their income or age.
7. a projecting fixture for gas or electricity.
8. gun range or elevation producing both shorts and overs on a target.
v.t. 9. to furnish with or support by a bracket or brackets.
10. to place within brackets.
11. to associate, mention, or class together: The problems were bracketed together.
12. to place (gunshots) both beyond and short of a target.
13. to photograph (additional shots) at exposure levels above and below the estimated correct exposure.
[1570–80; earlier also brag(g)et (in architecture)]
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bracket
Past participle: bracketed
Gerund: bracketing
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| Noun | 1. | bracket - a category falling within certain defined limits set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" income bracket, income tax bracket, tax bracket - a category of taxpayers based on the amount of their income price bracket - a category of merchandise based on their price |
| 2. | bracket - either of two punctuation marks (`<' or="" `="">') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material punctuation mark, punctuation - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases | |
| 3. | bracket - either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material punctuation mark, punctuation - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases | |
| 4. | bracket - a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf) angle iron, angle bracket - an L-shaped metal bracket console - an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture); "the bust of Napoleon stood on a console" modillion - (architecture) one of a set of ornamental brackets under a cornice sconce - a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light shelf bracket - a bracket to support a shelf support - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf" | |
| Verb | 1. | bracket - support with brackets; "bracket bookshelves" |
| 2. | bracket - place into brackets; "Please bracket this remark" | |
| 3. | bracket - classify or group group - arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?" |
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bracket
noun
verb
1. group, rank, arrange, grade, catalogue, classify, categorize, pigeonhole, systematize Austrian wines are often bracketed with those of northern Germany.
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bracket
nounverbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
أقْواسرَكيزَه، حَمّالَهيَجْمَعُ بَيْنَ، يُكاتِفُيَضَعُ كَلِمَةُ بين أقواس
konzolazávorkakulatá závorkapodpěrapřiřadit do téže kategorie
grupperehyldeknægtparentes
hakasuljehakasulkukannatinluokkapidin
konzolzárójelbe tesz
krappi, vinkill, knegtisetja í sviga/hornklofaskipa í tiltekinn hóp/flokksvigi, hornklofi
kronšteinaspintisskliausteliaisugrupuotisuskliausti
iekavasieslēgt iekavāskronšteinspielīdzinātsagrupēt
dať do zátvoriekkonzolapriradiť k sebe
konzolaoklepaj
hakparentesintervallparentes
aynı kümeye koymakdirsekköşebentparentezparentez içine almak
bracket
[ˈbrækɪt]A. N
2. (Typ) (usu pl, round) → paréntesis m inv (also square bracket) → corchete m; (angled) → corchete m (agudo); (curly) → corchete m, llave f
in brackets → entre paréntesis
see also angle 1 D
see also square F
in brackets → entre paréntesis
see also angle 1 D
see also square F
B. VT
2. (Typ) → poner entre paréntesis/corchetes
3. (fig) (also bracket together) → agrupar, poner juntos
to bracket sth with sth → agrupar algo con algo
to bracket sth with sth → agrupar algo con algo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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bracket
n
(= angle bracket) → Winkelträger m; (for shelf) → (Regal)träger m; (Archit) → Konsole f; (of stone) → Kragstein m
vt
(= put in brackets) → einklammern
(also bracket together, = join by brackets) → mit einer Klammer verbinden; (Mus also) → mit einer Akkolade verbinden; (fig: = group together) → zusammenfassen
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bracket
[ˈbrækɪt]1. n
b. (Typ) (usu pl) → parentesi f inv
round/square brackets → parentesi tonde/quadre
in brackets → tra parentesi
round/square brackets → parentesi tonde/quadre
in brackets → tra parentesi
2. vt (Typ) → mettere tra parentesi (fig) (also bracket together) → mettere insieme
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bracket
(ˈbrӕkit) noun1. (usually in plural) marks (eg ( ), () , < > etc) used to group together one or more words etc.
2. a support for a shelf etc. The shelf fell down because the brackets were not strong enough.
verb – past tense, past participle ˈbracketed – 1. to enclose (words etc) by brackets.
2. (sometimes with together) to group together (similar or equal people or things).
bracket fungus a round, flat fungus that grows out horizontally on the trunks of trees.
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