bracket

²bracket

verb

Definition of BRACKET

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

Examples of BRACKET

1. <I wouldn't exactly bracket your paintings with those of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.>

First Known Use of BRACKET

circa 1847

Related to BRACKET

Synonyms: analogize, assimilate, compare, equate, liken

Antonyms: contrast

Related Words: associate, connect, couple, link; allude, refer, relate; equal, match, parallel

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Rhymes with BRACKET

jacket, racket