enclose (words or figures) in brackets

I have bracketed the phrase ‘of contrary qualities’ in the translation, since it is not explicit in the Greek

place (one or more people or things) in the same category or group

he is sometimes bracketed with the ‘new wave’ of film directors

hold or attach (something) by means of a right-angled support

pipes should be bracketed

establish the range of (a target) by firing two preliminary shots, one short of the target and the other beyond it