All bracketing synonyms
brackΒ·etΒ·ing
B b verb bracketing
- connect β If something or someone connects one thing to another, or if one thing connects to another, the two things are joined together.
- cling β If you cling to someone or something, you hold onto them tightly.
- cohere β If the different elements of a piece of writing, a piece of music, or a set of ideas cohere, they fit together well so that they form a united whole.
- stick β a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
- commix β to mix together; blend
- compare β When you compare things, you consider them and discover the differences or similarities between them.
- compose β The things that something is composed of are its parts or members. The separate things that compose something are the parts or members that form it.
- analogize β to make use of analogy, as in argument; draw comparisons
- gather β to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- adduce β If you adduce something such as a fact or reason, you mention it in order to support an argument.
- collect β If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
- contrast β A contrast is a great difference between two or more things which is clear when you compare them.
- verify β to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
- assemble β When people assemble or when someone assembles them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular purpose such as a meeting.
- order β an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- match β a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- synthesize β to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- network β any netlike combination of filaments, lines, veins, passages, or the like: a network of arteries; a network of sewers under the city.
- dub β to furnish (a film or tape) with a new sound track, as one recorded in the language of the country of import.
- coalesce β If two or more things coalesce, they come together and form a larger group or system.
- cooperate β If you cooperate with someone, you work with them or help them for a particular purpose. You can also say that two people cooperate.
- band β A band is a small group of musicians who play popular music such as jazz, rock, or pop.
- compound β A compound is an enclosed area of land that is used for a particular purpose.
- unify β bring together, unite
- pool β Also called pocket billiards. any of various games played on a pool table with a cue ball and 15 other balls that are usually numbered, in which the object is to drive all the balls into the pockets with the cue ball.
- bind β If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
- marry β to take in marriage: After dating for five years, I finally asked her to marry me.
- bond β A bond between people is a strong feeling of friendship, love, or shared beliefs and experiences that unites them.
- interface β a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- consider β If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
- scan β to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page.
- segregate β to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
- scrutinize β to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- touch β to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- divide β to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- ponder β to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- collate β When you collate pieces of information, you gather them all together and examine them.
- approach β When you approach something, you get closer to it.
- juxtapose β to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- separate β to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- inspect β to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- hang β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- contemplate β If you contemplate an action, you think about whether to do it or not.
- observe β to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- parallel β parallel processing
- confront β If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
- oppose β to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- rival β a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- weigh β to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- balance β If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.