bracket
noun
[ ˈbrakɪt ]
• 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"
• a category of people or things that are similar or fall between specified limits.
• "those in a high income bracket"
Similar:
group,
grouping,
category,
categorization,
grade,
grading,
classification,
class,
set,
section,
division,
order,
batch,
cohort,
list,
• a right-angled support attached to a wall for holding a shelf, lamp, or other object.
Similar:
support,
prop,
stay,
batten,
joist,
buttress,
rest,
mounting,
holder,
shelf,
rack,
frame,
• the distance between two artillery shots fired either side of the target to establish range.
• a diagram representing the sequence of matches in a sports tournament, especially as used for making predictions about its outcome.
• "with the March Madness tournament half the fun is filling out your bracket"
• a person's nose or jaw.
• "a quick punch up the bracket"
bracket
verb
• 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"
• place (one or more people or things) in the same category or group.
• "he is sometimes bracketed with the ‘new wave’ of film directors"
Similar:
group,
classify,
class,
categorize,
grade,
list,
sort,
set,
place,
assign,
couple,
pair,
twin,
yoke,
put together,
set side by side,
regard as the same,
regard as identical,
liken,
compare,
• hold or attach (something) by means of a right-angled support.
• "pipes should be bracketed"
• establish the range of (a target) by firing two preliminary shots, one short of the target and the other beyond it.
Origin:
late 16th century: from French braguette or Spanish bragueta ‘codpiece, bracket, corbel’, from Provençal braga, from Latin braca, (plural) bracae ‘breeches’.
