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)
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