bracket

CEFRB2

/ˈbɹækɪt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A support, or symbols used to group words or numbers.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.

Examples

  • In my age bracket, there are no job offers available.

  • The highest German income tax bracket begins at a relatively low income.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.

  2. A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.

  3. The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.

More examples

In context

  • Because they didn’t have enough young boys for two full teams, they bracketed the seven-year-olds with the eight-year-olds.

  • taxpayers in the $50,000 to $70,000 bracket

  • tax bracket, age bracket

Synonyms

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Use a metal blank to secure the shelf firmly against the wall.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From 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”).