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Common collocations with bracket in British Collocation

bracket noun countable

UK /ˈbrækɪt/

angle
closing
curly
left
opening
right
round
square

Each answer is followed by the author’s initials in square brackets.

use brackets

enclose something in
give something in
insert
place something in
put something in
show something in
use

Write the words out in full the first time you use them and put the abbreviation in brackets.

open/ close brackets

close
open

Don’t forget to close the brackets at the end of your repeat command.

high
low
middle
top
upper

This was the movie that placed him in the top bracket of Hollywood stars.