bracket
To support by means of mechanical bracketsTo support by means of mechanical brackets.
» Open the brackets in the equation.
Раскройте скобки в уравнении.
Розкрийте дужки у рівнянні.
Meaning
9 sensesTo support by means of mechanical brackets.
support with brackets
To enclose in typographical brackets.
place into brackets
To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.
To place in the same category.
Because they didn’t have enough young boys for two full teams, they bracketed the seven-year-olds with the eight-year-olds.
To mark distinctly for special treatment.
To set aside, discount, ignore.
To gauge the range of a target by firing equally short and long of it and ranging the weapon between the two to achieve a very accurate hit.
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.
Belichtungsreihe
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
16 sentencesOpen the brackets in the equation.
Розкрийте дужки у рівнянні. — deniko
ruРаскройте скобки в уравнении. — al_ex_an_der
Translate the words between the brackets.
ruПереведите слова в скобках. — Wezel
deÜbersetzen Sie die Wörter zwischen den Klammern. — Esperantostern
Please write a word between the brackets.
deBitte schreiben Sie ein Wort zwischen die Klammern. — Yorwba
I told them to use parentheses, not brackets.
ruЯ сказал им использовать круглые скобки, а не квадратные. — odexed
Her income puts her into the highest tax bracket.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From earlier bragget, *bracket, from Middle English *braget, *braket (attested in braket nFrom earlier bragget, *bracket, from Middle English *braget, *braket (attested in braket nail), from Old French braguette (“the opening in the fore part of a pair of breeches, one's fly”), a diminutive of Old French brague (“knickers, britches”), from Old Occitan braga, from Latin brāca (“pants”), from Transalpine Gaulish *brāca, from Proto-Germanic *brāks, an early form of Proto-Germanic *brōks (“leggings, breeches, trousers”).
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Forms
brackets, bracketing, bracketed, bracketedSynonyms
1 synonyms- place into brackets:bracket out
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle