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Book
English
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English bok, from Old English bōc. Of the same origin as the word beech.
Noun
book (plural books)
- Sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge. If blank sheets of paper this is commonly referred to as a notebook, however most books are printed material.
- A long document stored (as on computer) which will become a book.
- Records of betting - "a book is kept". Derives from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet.
- A convenient collection of small paper items for use individually - "a book of stamps", "a book of raffle tickets".
- A major division of a published work (larger than a chapter), commonly an academic publication or the Bible.
- The script to a musical.
- (usually in plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
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Derivatives
Transitive verb
book, books, booking , booked
- reserve (something) for future use.
- I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night
- I can book tickets for the concert next week
- penalise (someone) (for an offence).
- The police booked him for driving too fast
- (slang) To travel very quickly.
- He was really booking, until he passed the speed trap.
Translations
- Bulgarian: запазвам (1)
- Dutch: boeken, reserveren , bestellen , inrekenen , arresteren , ten laste leggen
- Czech: rezervovat , zarezervovat
- Esperanto: rezervi
- French: réserver (1)
- German: buchen , reservieren (1),
- Indonesian: pesan (1)
- Interlingua: reservar (1)
- Italian: riservare (1)
- Japanese: 予約 する (よやく する, yoyaku suru) (1)
- Korean: 예약하다 [豫約-] (yeyakhada) (1)
- Norwegian : reservere
- Polish: rezerwować, zarezerwować (1), karać, ukarać (2)
- Portuguese: reservar (1), marcar (2), multar (2)
- Romanica: reservar (1)
- Russian: забронировать (1)
- Slovak: rezervovať (1), zarezervovať (1)
- Spanish: reservar (1)
- Swedish: boka (1)
- Turkish: reservasyon (1), yer ayırma (1)
- Volapük: resärfön (1)
Synonyms
External link
- Wikipedia article on books
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