to bracket
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4.4
- verb
- /ˈbrækɪt/
:
poner entre corchetes
- I added bolding to some parts I think are particularly important, as well as bracketed text for my comments.
Hence the phrase task bracketing it brackets the habit.
- Hence the phrase task bracketing it brackets the habit.
Examples
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In her essay, she had to bracket certain comments to avoid misunderstandings.
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Although these concerns must be addressed, I bracket them in the present study and work to direct this unfolding initiative in a positive direction.
Academic text (2013) -
So we'll put that, we'll bracket that, that issue for a moment.
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And my point here is let's just bracket that discussion.
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Next time I will bracket them with smileys or add a rim shot.
Blog text (7) -
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Baucus said it well, but I'll bracket language to further clarify it:
Blog text (3) -
You may wish to bracket these shots, as not all sliders fall at exactly one-thirtieth of a second.
Academic text (1995) -
Boellstorff's solution is to bracket out the actual world lives of Second Lifers from research, focusing only on their in-game activities.
Academic text (2010) -
He suggested we should bracket the main topic and focus on the introduction first.
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Please bracket the important terms in your notes so they stand out.
Synonyms
Put a word or short phrase in brackets to separate it from the text
To put words or numbers inside parentheses
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
8
3.5
A group of people who earn about the same amount of money for tax or benefit rules
- Literature
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8.5
When inflation raises pay, people move into higher tax bands and pay more tax without getting richer
How Separated
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word bracket comes from an old word brac- meaning 'arm', so to bracket words is to put small 'arms' around them, which is why we call the punctuation that encloses text 'brackets'.