bracketing
bracketing is a polysyllabic word with 3 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, bracketing is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofbracketing
- To support by means of mechanical brackets.
- To enclose in typographical brackets.
- To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.
Example: "I tried to hit the bullseye by first bracketing it with two shots and then splitting the difference with my third, but I missed."
- To place in the same category.
Example: "Because the didn't have enough young boys for two full teams, they bracketed the seven-year olds with the eight-year olds."
- To mark distinctly for special treatment.
- To set aside, discount, ignore.
- To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.
- (phenomenology) In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.
- A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
- The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
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