book
pronunciation
How to pronounce book in British English:
UK [bʊk]
How to pronounce book in American English:
US [bʊk]
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- Noun:
- a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
- a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
- a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge
- a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
- a major division of a long written composition
- a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made
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- Verb:
- record a charge in a police register
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- engage for a performance
- register in a hotel booker
Word Origin
- book
- book: [OE] Book is widespread throughout the Germanic languages. German has buch, for example, Dutch bock, and Swedish bok. There point to a prehistoric Germanic *bōks, which was probably related to *bōkā ‘beech’, the connection being that the early Germanic peoples used beechwood tablets for writing runic inscriptions on. The original meaning of the word in Old English (bōc) was simply ‘written document or record’, but by the 9th century it had been applied to a collection of written sheets fastened together.=> beech
- book (n.)
- Old English boc "book, writing, written document," traditionally from Proto-Germanic *bokiz "beech" (cognates: German Buch "book" Buche "beech;" see beech), the notion being of beechwood tablets on which runes were inscribed, but it may be from the tree itself (people still carve initials in them). The Old English word originally meant any written document. Latin and Sanskrit also have words for "writing" that are based on tree names ("birch" and "ash," respectively). Meaning "libretto of an opera" is from 1768. A betting book is from 1856.
- book (v.)
- Old English bocian "to grant or assign by charter," from book (n.). Meaning "to enter into a book, record" is early 13c. Meaning "to enter for a seat or place, issue (railway) tickets" is from 1841; "to engage a performer as a guest" is from 1872. U.S. student slang meaning "to depart hastily, go fast" is by early 1980s, of uncertain signification. Related: Booked; booking.
Example
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- 2. The most popular art book in history .
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- 4. We have examples in the book .
- 5. Now think about who 's in your gmail address book .