"bracketing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bracketings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bracketing (plural bracketings)
  1. (architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-bracketing-en-noun-JNg5zzT- Topics: architecture
  2. The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
    Sense id: en-bracketing-en-noun-9RqbGyD8

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} bracketing
  1. present participle and gerund of bracket Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: bracket
    Sense id: en-bracketing-en-verb-k04m3KDq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 4 74 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 6 72

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bracketing meaning in English (1.7kB)

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