noun
1 brackets ( esp. BrE ) marks around extra information in writing ⇨ See also ↑ parenthesis
ADJECTIVE
▪ angle ( BrE , AmE ), curly (also braces , esp. in AmE ) , round , square (just brackets in AmE )
VERB + BRACKETS
▪ enclose sth in , give sth in , put sth in
▪
The prices are given in ~s.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~s , inside ~s , within ~s
▪
The words in ~s should be deleted.
▪ outside ~s
▪
The numbers outside the curly ~s are the sales figures.
2 range
ADJECTIVE
▪ age , income , price , tax
▪ high , higher , top , upper
▪ middle
▪ low , lower
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~ , within a/the ~
▪
These machines are in the higher price ~.
▪ outside a/the ~
▪
people outside this age ~