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Definition
bracket2   Show phonetics
verb [T]
1 SYMBOL to put curved lines ( ) around words, phrases, numbers, etc to make them separate

2 GROUP to consider two or more people or things to be similar
[often passive] Canadian accents are often bracketed with American accents.

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