Meaning of book | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
2. A surname.
3. first-person singular present indicative of librar
4. 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.
5. To make a reservation: Book early if you want good seats.
6. A major division of a long work.
7. To demand an explanation from; call to account.
8. A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
9. In one's opinion: In my book they both are wrong.
10. A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant.
    informal
11. Thoroughly; completely: I know my child like a book.
12. A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
13. A noteworthy act or occurrence.
14. The script of a musical or opera.
15. Informal To move or travel rapidly: We booked along at a nice clip.
    Informal
16. Records of the accounts of a business.
    plural-normally
17. A printed and bound work:tome, volume.
18. 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).
    colloquial
19. able to be reserved in advance. Are these seats bookable? bespreekbaar مُمْكِنُ حَجْزُهُ سَلَفا който може да бъде резервиран предварително reservável rezervovatelný im Vorverkauf erhältlich kan reserveres/bestilles που μπορεί να κρατηθεί από πριν (για θέσεις κτλ.) que se puede reservar ettetellitav قابل رزرو varattavissa qu'on peut réserver נִיתָן לְהַזמִינוֹ מְראֹש आरक्षणीय, बुक करने योग्य pogodan za rezervaciju (elővételben) (meg)váltható bisa dipesan hægt að panta prenotabile 予約できる 예약할 수 ...
20. Six tricks taken by one side.
21. a reservation. bespreking حَجْز резервация reserva rezervace, objednávka die Buchung reservation κράτησηregistro, reserva ettetellimine رزرو varaus réservationהזמנה आरक्षण rezervacija helyfoglalás pemesanan pöntun, bókun, frátekið prenotazione 予約 예약 išankstinis užsakymas iepriekšpasūtīšana; rezervēšana tempahan reserveringbestillingrezerwacja نیول له مخکی څخه reserva rezervare заказ rezervácia rezervacija rezervacija bokning, reservation การจองล่วงหน้า yer ayırtma 預約 замовлення на квитки مخصو...
22. Four of a kind.
    slang
23. a small, thin book. a booklet about the history of the town. boekie كُتَيِّب، كُرّاسَه книжка folheto brožura die Broschüre pjece; folder; brochure φυλλάδιοfolleto brošüür کتابچه kirjanen petit livreחוברת पुस्‍ितका, गुटका brošura füzet buku kecil bæklingur libriccino, libretto 小冊子 소책자 brošiūra brošūra; buklets buku kecil boekje, brochurebrosjyre, heftebroszura کتابچه folheto broşură буклет brožúra knjižica brošura liten bok, häfte, broschyr หนังสือเล่มเล็ก kitapçık 小冊子 брошура; буклет کتابچہ ...
24. A document, held by the referee, of the incidents that happened in a game.
25. A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
    broadly
26. The list of mares that a stallion will breed in a given season.
27. A list of the races that a jockey is scheduled to ride in.
28. The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
29. Any source of instruction.
    figuratively
30. The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps.
    with-definite-article
31. A portfolio of one's previous work in the industry.
    informal
32. The sum of chess knowledge in the opening or endgame.
    uncountable
33. A package of silk.
    historical

Equivalents

Examples

“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.””

“They read some books Sharing their moods They know everything Whatever it can mean”

“Genesis is the first book of the Bible.”

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

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

“a book of stamps”

“a book of raffle tickets”

“a book of matches (matchbook)”

“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.”

“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 (portfolio) 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.”

“This machinery was provided with a rotary drum with received upon its periphery the "books" of silk to be operated upon and presented them to travelling, combing, or dressing surfaces. The books were clamped and released automatically by the aid of bars formed with wedges and put in operation by screws […]”

“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.”

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