bracket
noun /ˈbrækɪt/
/ˈbrækɪt/
- (also round bracket)(both British English)(also parenthesis North American English or formal)[usually plural] either of a pair of marks, ( ), placed around extra information in a piece of writing or part of a problem in mathematics
- Publication dates are given in brackets after each title.
- Add the numbers in brackets first.
Extra ExamplesTopics Languagec1, Maths and measurementc1- The prices are given in brackets.
- The words in brackets should be deleted.
- The numbers outside the curly brackets (= ⎨⎬) are the sales figures.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- angle
- curly
- round
- …
- enclose something in
- give something in
- put something in
- …
- in brackets
- inside brackets
- within brackets
- …
- (North American English) (especially British English square bracket)[usually plural] either of a pair of marks, [ ], placed at the beginning and end of extra information in a text, especially comments made by an editorTopics Languagec1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- angle
- curly
- round
- …
- enclose something in
- give something in
- put something in
- …
- in brackets
- inside brackets
- within brackets
- …
- price, age, income, etc. bracket prices, etc. within a particular range
- People in the lower income brackets will not be able to afford this.
- Most of the houses are out of our price bracket.
- the 30–34 age bracket (= people aged between 30 and 34)
Extra Examples- This model remains firmly in the upper price bracket.
- She found that she fell into a higher tax bracket.
- Most respondents were in the 45–60 age bracket.
- His income was in a fairly low earnings bracket.
- people outside this age bracket
- These machines are in the higher price bracket.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- age
- income
- price
- …
- in a/the bracket
- within a/the bracket
- outside a/the bracket
- …
- a piece of wood, metal or plastic fixed to the wall to support a shelf, lamp, etc.
- fixed to the wall on a bracket
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French braguette or Spanish bragueta ‘codpiece, bracket, corbel’, from Provençal braga, from Latin braca, (plural) bracae ‘breeches’.