square bracket
Frequency: 5.54.2 per million words
Refers to the symbols [ and ]. Often referred to as just 'brackets' in AmE.
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Examples (10)
- Please enclose your editorial notes in square brackets.
- In linguistics, square brackets are often used for phonetic transcriptions.
- In this programming language, you access array elements using square brackets.
- The formula requires you to place the variables inside square brackets.
- He added the date in a square bracket to clarify the quote.
- Should I use round parentheses or square brackets for this citation?
- Press the opening square bracket key, which looks like '['.
- Any information not in the original text must be enclosed within square brackets.
- The list of ingredients was presented inside square brackets.
- The editor's note, '[sic]', was placed in square brackets to indicate an error in the original source.