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Definition of bracket
1 : an overhanging member that projects from a structure (such as a wall) and is usually designed to support a vertical load or to strengthen an angle
2 : a fixture (as for holding a lamp) projecting from a wall or column
3a : one of a pair of marks [ ] used in writing and printing to enclose matter or in mathematics and logic as signs of aggregation —called also square bracketb : one of the pair of marks < > used to enclose matter —called also angle bracketc : parenthesis 3d : brace 5b
4 : a section of a continuously numbered or graded series (such as age ranges or income levels)
5 : a pairing of opponents in an elimination tournament
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Examples of bracket in a Sentence
The shelf is held up with two brackets.
There are wall brackets in the garage for the rakes and shovels.
She is taller than average for her age bracket.
He earned enough to put him in a higher tax bracket.
She is now in a lower income bracket than before.
Recent Examples of bracket from the Web
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The bracket for the tournament will likely be determined in November.
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The plan would slash the rate paid by businesses to 15 percent and shrink the number of individual income tax brackets from seven to three — 10, 25 and 35 percent.
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Measuring growth within those brackets, the 65-and-over set again led, their numbers increasing by nearly one-third between the 2010 census and the mid-2016 estimate, from 195,000 to 255,000.
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In brackets next to that option is an IP address, usually 10.100.XXX.X. Note that number, and then from another device’s web browser type in the following: http://10.100.XXX.X:8080.
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While the principles Trump’s advisers unveiled last month align with Ryan’s vision in the abstract—lower rates, fewer income brackets, a simpler overall code—
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The highest rate of unintended pregnancies fall to women of lower socioeconomic brackets between the ages of 18 and 24.
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Click here for a rundown of Saturday's games and how the bracket shakes out moving forward in Omaha.
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Margaret’s and Wayzata will play in the semifinals on the other side of the bracket at Minnetonka High School on Thursday afternoon.
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Origin and Etymology of bracket
perhaps from Middle French braguette codpiece, from diminutive of brague breeches, from Old Occitan braga, from Latin braca, of Celt origin — more at breech
bracket
Definition of bracket
transitive verb
1a : to place within or as if within brackets editorial comments are bracketed news stories bracketed by commercialsb : to eliminate from consideration bracket off politicsc : 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
4a : to get the range on (a target) by firing over and shortb : to establish the limits of bracketed the problem neatlyc : to take photographs of at more than one exposure in order to ensure that the desired exposure is obtained
Examples of bracket in a Sentence
I wouldn't exactly bracket your paintings with those of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.
Recent Examples of bracket from the Web
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But Staples’s complaints about the small pond of hip-hop are bracketed by wider discontent.
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With East Washington Street as its heartline, the 46201 area is bracketed by East Michigan Street and English Avenue; and by Rural Street and Emerson Avenue.
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Steep hillsides etched with streams bracket the valley floor.
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The tournament's first game is always a massive one for each team, as the road through the losers bracket back toward the championship series is a long, tiring grind.
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So did cable news networks, bracketing Comey’s first public appearance since being fired by Trump with hours of their own talk.
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The game at Central Florida is a fourth, exempted and non-bracketed, game as part of the AdvoCare Invitational field.
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Elliott won his next four matches in the consolation bracket to advance to the fifth-place match.
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Spieth has played in the event four times, with one record-setting title run (2015) bracketed by a pair of runner-up finishes (2014, 2016).
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First Known Use of bracket
1836
BRACKET Defined for English Language Learners
bracket
playDefinition of bracket for English Language Learners
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: an object that is attached to a wall and used to support or hold up something (such as a shelf)
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: a category that includes a certain range of incomes, ages, etc.
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: either one of a pair of marks [ ] or 〈 〉 used to enclose words or mathematical symbols
bracket
Definition of bracket for English Language Learners
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: to place (words, symbols, etc.) within brackets
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: to be located at each side of (something)
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: to put (two or more people or things) into the same category, group, etc.
BRACKET Defined for Kids
Definition of bracket for Students
1 : a support for a weight (as a shelf) that is usually attached to a wall
2 : one of a pair of marks [ ] (square brackets) used to enclose letters or numbers or in mathematics to enclose items to be treated together
3 : one of a pair of marks < > (angle brackets) used to enclose letters or numbers
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