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bracket

/ˈbɹækɪt/

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A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.

Examples :

"The carpenter installed a bracket to support the new bookshelf. "

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Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.

Examples :

"The shelf's metal bracket supported the small, side table. "

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A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.

Examples :

"The carpenter attached a wooden bracket to the wall to support the heavy shelf. "

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The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.

Examples :

"The heavy artillery piece rested securely, the bracket on each side of the carriage holding the trunnions firmly in place. "

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Any of the characters "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", "<" and ">", used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.

Examples :

"Please enclose the answer [2+2] in brackets. "

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A printed diagram of games in a tournament.

Examples :

"The coach posted the tournament bracket on the locker room door. "

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A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.

Examples :

"My friend made a bracket for the school basketball tournament, predicting who would win each game. "

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One of several ranges of numbers.

Examples :

"tax bracket, age bracket"

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A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.

Examples :

""The acceptable age bracket for kindergarten enrollment is 4 to 6 years old." "

math range number

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In artillery, the endangered region between two shell impacts (one long and one short). The next shell fired is likely to hit accurately.

Examples :

"The artilleryman carefully measured the bracket between the two previous shell impacts to aim the next shot accurately. "

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The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.

Examples :

"The type designer carefully examined the bracket where the serif met the vertical stroke of the letter 'T' in her new font. "

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(land surveying, 19th century) a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench.

Examples :

"The 1888 surveyor used a chisel to create a bracket in the granite outcrop, ensuring a stable spot for his leveling rod. "

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To support by means of mechanical brackets.

Examples :

"The carpenter bracketed the shelf to the wall so it wouldn't fall. "

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To enclose in typographical brackets.

Examples :

"To clarify the instructions, the teacher bracketed the important words in the sentence. "

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To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.

Examples :

"I tried to hit the bullseye by first bracketing it with two shots and then splitting the difference with my third, but I missed."

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To place in the same category.

Examples :

"We bracket together students who scored similarly on the test. "

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To mark distinctly for special treatment.

Examples :

"The teacher bracketed the students who needed extra help in math. "

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To set aside, discount, ignore.

Examples :

"I'm going to bracket my personal concerns about the deadline and focus on the project for now. "

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To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.

Examples :

"The photographer decided to bracket the shot of the sunset, taking several photos with slightly different brightness levels to make sure she captured the perfect colors. "

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(phenomenology) In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.

Examples :

"To understand my friend's reaction to the news, I had to bracket my own opinions about her. "

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A liquor made of fermented ale and honey with spices.

Examples :

"Grandma's famous holiday drink was a delicious bracket, made with fermented ale and honey. "