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English
Punctuation marks

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-bracket.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ækɪt|-ækɪt

Etymology
bragget, probably from MF. braguette.

Noun
en-noun

1. Item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
2. Generically any of "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", and, in the area of computer languages, "<", ">".
3. "(" and ")" specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
4. (Technical) "[" and "]" specifically - opposed to the other forms which have their own technical names.
5. sports

##printed diagram of games in a tournament
##prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes

1. one of several ranges of numbers

#:tax bracket, age bracket

Synonyms
("(" and ")"): parenthesis

Translations
trans-top|item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
Finnish: kannatin, pidin
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Russian: к�он��ейн (kronštéjn) m
Slovene: konzola f
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trans-top|generically any of "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", "<" and ">"
Czech: závorka f
Dutch: haakje n
Finnish: sulku
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German: Klammer f
Italian: parentesi f
Russian: �кобка (skóbka) f
Slovene: oklepaj m
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trans-top|"(" and ")"
Dutch: haakje n
Finnish: sulku
German: runde Klammer f
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Italian: parentesi tonda f
Portuguese: parêntesis
Russian: �кобка (skóbka) f, к��гла� �кобка (krúglaja skóbka) f
Slovene: oklepaj m
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trans-top|technical: "[" and "]" specifically
Dutch: vierkant haakje n
Finnish: hakasulku
German: eckige Klammer f
trans-mid
Portuguese: colchete
Russian: �кобка (skóbka) f, квад�а�на� �кобка (kvadrátnaja skóbka) f
Slovene: oglati oklepaj m
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trans-top|sport: printed diagram of games in a tournament
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trans-top|sport: prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament
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trans-top|one of several ranges of numbers
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Romanian: parantez� f
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Derived terms
age bracket
angle bracket
curly bracket
gas bracket
income bracket, income tax bracket, tax bracket
price bracket
round bracket
shelf bracket
square bracket

Verb
en-verb

1. To bound on both sides, to surround as enclosing with brackets.

#:I tried to hit the bullseye by first bracketing it with two shots and then splitting the difference with my third, but I missed.
Translations
trans-top|To bound on both sides, to surround as enclosing with brackets
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