square bracket
noun
one of two marks [ or ] used in writing or printing to enclose parenthetical matter, interpolations, etc.
square brackets
-
pluralof square bracket.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
A proposed draft agreement circulated early Saturday had more than 200 square brackets, meaning large sections were still unresolved.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2022
A draft text yet to be formalised showed a large portion of the framework's 21 targets still in square brackets, indicating a lack of formal agreement.
From Reuters ● Mar. 29, 2022
If you need to clarify what a word or reference means, write your definition or explanation and enclose it within square brackets.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
Here is the entirety of that email conversation, completely unedited save for the removal of various links that we sent each other and a couple of clarifications in square brackets.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2018
I omit the collations; the words within square brackets are supplied from these other copies.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
