bracket
/ˈbrækɪt/noun
उच्चारण ब्रैकिट
कोष्ठक; वर्ग
Core word
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[C]
either of a pair of marks, ( ) or [ ], placed around extra information; an age, income group, a piece of wood or metal fixed to a wall to support a shelf
कोष्ठक; वर्ग
- in brackets
- the 18 to 25 age bracket
- Write the answer inside square brackets.
+ 2 more examples
- The 30 to 40 age bracket makes up most of our customers.
- People in the higher income bracket pay more tax.
Synonyms parenthesis category group range support
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
in brackets / put sth in brackets
Brackets are the marks ( ) or [ ] placed around extra information; British English calls ( ) 'brackets' and American English calls them 'parentheses'.
Brackets अतिरिक्त जानकारी के चारों ओर लगने वाले चिह्न ( ) या [ ] हैं; ब्रिटिश अंग्रेज़ी में ( ) को brackets और अमेरिकी में parentheses कहते हैं।
- Write your roll number in brackets.
- The note was put in square brackets.
age / income / tax bracket
A bracket is also a group or range within a scale, such as an age or income group.
Bracket किसी मापदंड में समूह या दायरा भी है, जैसे आयु या आय वर्ग।
- He falls in the 30–40 age bracket.
- The scheme helps those in the lowest income bracket.
a bracket (support)
A bracket is a piece of wood or metal fixed to a wall to support a shelf or lamp.
Bracket लकड़ी या धातु का टुकड़ा है जो दीवार पर लगाकर अलमारी या दीपक को सहारा देता है।
- The shelf rests on two iron brackets.
bracket sb/sth with sb/sth (verb)
To bracket two things is to put them in the same group; it takes 'with' or 'together'.
दो चीज़ों को bracket करने का अर्थ उन्हें एक ही समूह में रखना है; इसके साथ 'with' या 'together' आता है।
- The critics bracketed her with the best writers of her generation.
- Don't bracket the two novels together.
+Collocations 4
type + bracket
roundsquarecurlyangleagetaxincome
- Taxpayers in the higher bracket pay more.
verb + bracket
closeopenenclose infall intomove intoremove
- She moved into a higher tax bracket after the promotion.
bracket + noun
creepsystemsupportkeypair
- Bracket creep means wages rise but so does the tax.
in/within + bracket
in bracketswithin bracketsinside bracketsbetween brackets
- Add the year of publication in brackets.
“More examples 5
- Radhika wrote the meaning of each word in brackets.
राधिका ने हर शब्द का अर्थ कोष्ठक में लिखा।
- Young voters in the 18–25 bracket turned out in large numbers.
18-25 आयु वर्ग के युवा मतदाता बड़ी संख्या में निकले।
- The carpenter fixed a bracket under the shelf.
बढ़ई ने अलमारी के नीचे एक bracket लगाया।
- The two scientists are often bracketed together in textbooks.
पाठ्यपुस्तकों में दोनों वैज्ञानिकों को अक्सर एक साथ रखा जाता है।
- Close the bracket after the last number.
अंतिम संख्या के बाद कोष्ठक बंद कीजिए।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ The critics bracketed him to the great poets.
✓ The critics bracketed him with the great poets.
Bracket takes 'with' or 'together', not 'to'.
Bracket के साथ 'with' या 'together' आता है, 'to' नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Bracket, parenthesis and brace overlap in meaning but differ by shape.
Bracket, parenthesis और brace अर्थ में मिलते हैं, पर आकार में अलग हैं।
British word for ( ), also [ ] and a support.
( ) के लिए ब्रिटिश शब्द, साथ ही [ ] और सहारा।
- A square bracket.
Formal word for ( ) or for the words inside them.
( ) या उनके भीतर के शब्दों के लिए औपचारिक शब्द।
- The phrase is in parenthesis.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Maths: BODMAS (Brackets, Orders, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction) decides the order of operations; collocation: income or tax bracket.
गणित में BODMAS (Brackets, Orders, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction) संक्रियाओं का क्रम तय करता है; collocation 'income' या 'tax bracket' (आय या कर वर्ग)।