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bracketology

[ brak-i-tol-uh-jee ]

noun

, Sports.
  1. a system of diagrammatically predicting and tracking the process of elimination among sequentially paired opponents in a tournament, especially an NCAA basketball tournament.


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Other Words From

  • brack·et·ol·o·gist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bracketology1

First recorded in 1995–2000; bracket ( def ) (in the sports sense of “a diagram for tracking advancement in tournament”) + -o- ( def ) + -logy ( def )

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