Word definition: book

Etimology


From Middle English bok, book, from Old English bōc, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Eclipsed non-native Middle English livret, lyveret (“book, booklet”) from Old French livret (“book, booklet”). Bookmaker sense by clipping.

noun


book (plural books)

A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.

A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.

A major division of a long work.

(gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).

(informal) A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant.

A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.

(theater) The script of a musical or opera.

(usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.

(law, colloquial) A book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).

(whist) Six tricks taken by one side.

(poker slang) Four of a kind.

(sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.

(sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.

(cartomancy) The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.

(figurative) Any source of instruction.

(with "the") The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps.

(advertising, informal) A portfolio of one's previous work in the industry.

(chess, uncountable) The sum of chess knowledge in the opening or endgame.

Examples


Knowing I lou'd my bookes, he furniſhd me / From mine owne Library, with volumes, that / I prize aboue my Dukedome.

I repeat: it suffices that a book be possible for it to exist. Only the impossible is excluded. For example: no book can be a ladder, although no doubt there are books which discuss and negate and demonstrate this possibility and others whose structure corresponds to that of a ladder.

I can be anything.Take a look!It's in a book:A reading rainbow.

Trefusis's quarters could be described in one word. Books. Books and books and books. And then, just when an observer might be lured into thinking that that must be it, more books... Trefusis himself was highly dismissive of them. ‘Waste of trees,’ he had once said. ‘Stupid, ugly, clumsy, heavy things. The sooner technology comes up with a reliable alternative the better... The world is so fond of saying that books should be “treated with respect”. But when are we told that words should be treated with respect?’

She opened the book to page 37 and began to read aloud.

He was frustrated because he couldn't find anything about dinosaurs in the book.

I have three copies of his first book.

“I would never read a book,” he once told an interviewer. “I don’t want to say no book is ever worth reading, but I actually do believe something pretty close to that.”

Genesis is the first book of the Bible.

Many readers find the first book of A Tale of Two Cities to be confusing.

Synonyms: tome, volume

I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.

a book of stamps

a book of raffle tickets

Synonym: booklet

Synonym: libretto

The guild helps ensure that the ownership and control of the music, lyrics, and book of a show remain in the hands of its authors and composers—not the producers.

Synonyms: account, record

Celtic captain Scott Brown joined team-mate Majstorovic in the book and Rangers' John Fleck was also shown a yellow card as an ill-tempered half drew to a close.

The Book is an oral tradition of belief in The Life that has been passed down from player to player from generation to generation.

On the other hand The Book is an oral tradition containing the rules and principles to be adopted by a pimp who wishes to be a player.

Getting your book organised is the first step, and knowing both what to include, and what to leave out, is an essential step towards achieving that important agency placement.

Your portfolio — your book — has to be killer.

The opposite-colored bishops endgame is usually a book draw.

A book move

out of book

White to move and win. How can he do it? The BK plans a march to h8, eating the f4 pawn en route, for a book draw.

This seems certain to simplify into a battle between White's king, rook and two pawns against Black's king and rook. In some cases a book draw is possible. But a book win is more likely.

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Etimology


From Middle English booken, boken, from Old English bōcian, ġebōcian, from the noun (see above).

verb


book (third-person singular simple present books, present participle booking, simple past and past participle booked)

(transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.

(transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.

(transitive) To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.

(law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.

(sports) To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.

(intransitive, slang) To travel very fast.

To record bets as bookmaker.

(transitive, law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.

(intransitive, slang) To leave.

Examples


I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night.

I can book tickets for the concert next week.

I haven't booked, so I don't have a clue as to whether the service will be busy or not. Supposedly, reservations are compulsory, but I want to find out what would happen if you just turn up.

Synonym: reserve

They booked that message from the hill

Synonyms: make a note of, note down, record, write down

I booked a flight to New York.

Synonyms: sign up, register, reserve, schedule, enroll

The police booked him for driving too fast.

He was really booking, until he passed the speed trap.

Synonyms: bomb, hurtle, rocket, speed, shoot, whiz

The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class.

He was here earlier, but he booked.

Etimology


From Middle English book, bok, from Old English bōc, from Proto-Germanic *bōk, first and third person singular indicative past tense of Proto-Germanic *bakaną (“to bake”).

verb


book

(UK dialectal, Northern England) simple past of bake

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