bracket
[verb]
Synonyms: join, associate, combine, conjoin, connect, couple, link, relate, unite, wed, compare, collate, contrast

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I. brack‧et¹ /ˈbrækət, ˈbrækɪt/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: braguette 'codpiece', from brague 'trousers', from Latin braca; because of the way a bracket (3) sticks out]

1. (also round bracket) [usually plural] British English one of the pair of signs put around words to show extra information Synonym : parenthesis American English
in brackets
Last year’s sales figures are given in brackets. ⇒ angle brackets, square bracket, punctuation mark

2. income/tax/age etc bracket a particular income, tax etc range:
the highest tax bracket
families in lower income brackets

3. a piece of metal, wood, or plastic, often in the shape of the letter L, fixed to a wall to support something such as a shelf

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. bracket² verb [transitive usually passive]

1. to consider two or more people or things as being similar or the same
bracket somebody together
Women and minors were bracketed together for the legislation.
bracket somebody/something with somebody/something
Arizona has been bracketed with Iowa in the tournament.

2. to put brackets around a written word, piece of information etc:
Debit amounts are bracketed.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

bracket
noun
I. brackets marks round extra information in writing
ADJ. angle, curly, round, square
VERB + BRACKET enclose sth in, give sth in, put sth in The prices are given in square brackets.
PREP. in The words in brackets should be deleted.
inside, outside, within The numbers outside the curly brackets are the sales figures.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

bracket
II. range
ADJ. age, income, price, tax | higher, top, upper | middle | lower
PREP. in/within These machines are in the higher price bracket.
outside people outside this age bracket

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