bracket

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 (also round bracket) (both BrE) (also parenthesis AmE or formal) [usuallypl.] 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. seealsoANGLEBRACKET compareBRACE 2 [usuallypl.] (AmE) = SQUAREBRACKET 3 price, age, income, etc. ~ prices, etc. within a particular range: people in the lower income bracket * Most of the houses are out of our price bracket. * the 3034 age bracket (= people aged between 30 and 34) 4 a piece of wood, metal or plastic fixed to the wall to support a shelf, lamp, etc. verb [VN] 1 to put words, information, etc. between brackets 2 ~ A and B (together)