# bracketed

Pronunciation: say "BRAK-it-id" /ˈbɹækɪtɪd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of bracket. — simple past and past participle of bracket
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of bracket. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The editor bracketed the doubtful dates in the old manuscript._
   - _Sprinters were bracketed by qualifying time for the morning heats._

## Adjective

2. Enclosed within brackets in a text, marking the content as parenthetical or optional.
   - Simple: Put inside brackets in a piece of writing.
   - _The bracketed material was clearly the author's later insertion._
   - _Readers can skip the bracketed notes without losing the argument._
3. Having brackets as constituent parts; containing bracket marks within it.
   - Simple: Having brackets inside it.
   - _Mathematicians simplify bracketed equations from the innermost group outward._
   - _The bracketed formula nests several layers of grouping._

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