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noun
- Item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
- Generically any of "(", ")", "", "", "{", "}", and, in the area of computer languages, "<", ">".
- "(" and ")" specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
- (Technical) "" and "" specifically - opposed to the other forms which have their own technical names.
- (sports)
- printed diagram of games in a tournament
- prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes
- one of several ranges of numbers
- tax bracket, age bracket
Translations: - Dutch: vierkant haakje
- German: eckige Klammer
(trans-mid)
Portuguese: colchete
- Italian: parentesi tonda
verb
- To bound on both sides, to surround as enclosing with brackets.
- I tried to hit the bullseye by first bracketing it with two shots and then splitting the difference with my third, but I missed.
Etymology: bragget, probably from braguette.
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