BRACKETING

To support by means of mechanical brackets.

To enclose in typographical brackets.

To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.

Example: "I tried to hit the bullseye by first bracketing it with two shots and then splitting the difference with my third, but i missed."

To place in the same category.

Example: "Because the didn't have enough young boys for two full teams, they bracketed the seven-year olds with the eight-year olds."

To mark distinctly for special treatment.

To set aside, discount, ignore.

To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.

(phenomenology) in the philosophical system of edmund husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.