bracket

noun (bracket, brackets); verb (bracket, brackets, bracketed, bracketing)

«bracket» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Brackets are the marks ( ) put around numbers in a sum to show which part to work out first. tree →
In writing, brackets hold extra words that are not needed for the sentence to make sense. tree →
A bracket is a metal or wooden support fixed to a wall to hold up a shelf. tree →
A bracket is a group or range: «the 8–10 age bracket». tree →

In the lessons

in maths, the part of a calculation done first; in stories, a support that holds a shelf; in English: brackets (parentheses) for extra information; kinds: round ( ), square [ ], curly { }; in everyday life: «age bracket», «price bracket»; in the USA round brackets are called parentheses

Examples

Work out (3 + 4) × 2. tree →
In 20 − (5 + 3), add 5 and 3 first. tree →
Put brackets in 6 + 4 × 2 to make 20. tree →
Each shelf needs 2 brackets. tree →
My cousin (who lives in Wales) is coming to stay. tree →
Close the bracket after the last number. tree →
Dad screwed the brackets to the wall. tree →
The race is for children in the 9–11 age bracket. tree →
She threw her broom at the bird, who was perched on a bracket high up on the wall. tree →

Note

Tells the order of operations: work inside the brackets first. Trap: 20 − (5 + 3) = 12 but 20 − 5 + 3 = 18; brackets change the answer. Every opening bracket needs a closing one. Order: brackets, then × and ÷, then + and −.

In Jewish tradition

A part of the building in Ezekiel's vision of the Temple, probably a support or ledge.

Interpretation. The detailed plans of the future Temple are read as showing that holiness lives in careful order.

Examples

And there were narrow windows and palm-trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch; there were also the brackets of the house, and the thick beams. (Prophets EZK.41.26, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «bracket» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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Trees and pragmatics of «bracket» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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