bracket

«bracket» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the marks ( ) put around numbers in a sum to show which… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) Brackets are the marks ( ) put around numbers in a sum to show which part to work out first. tree →

2) In writing, brackets hold extra words that are not needed for the sentence to make sense. tree →

3) A bracket is a metal or wooden support fixed to a wall to hold up a shelf. tree →

4) A bracket is a group or range: «the 8–10 age bracket». tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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

• 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 →
• 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 the corpora

• Brackets, a pair of dashes, or a pair of commas can all mark parenthesis.
• Dashes give a stronger break than brackets or commas, and can make writing more dramatic; used too often they lose their effect.
• Work out what is in brackets first.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bracket» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.