How to pronounce bracket
American English pronunciation
BRAK-it
- IPA
- /ˈbɹækɪt/
- Syllables
- BRAK · it (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What bracket means
Most people know bracket in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A set range of numbers, like ages 8 to 10
In a sentence: My sister and I race in different age brackets, so we never run against each other.
Where it comes from: It comes from an earlier English word, bragget, probably from a French word for part of a pair of old-fashioned breeches. That goes back to the Latin braca, meaning pants.
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