library
Definitions
- An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.
- bookcase
- Any institution that lends out its goods for use by the public or a community.
- A collection of books or other forms of stored information.
- An equivalent collection of analogous information in a non-printed form, e.g. record library.
- A room dedicated to storing books.
- A collection of software routines that provide functionality to be incorporated into or used by a computer program.
- A collection of DNA material from a single organism or relative to a single disease.
- The deck or draw pile.
Equivalents
78 more languages
Azərbaycan dilikitabxana
Беларускаябібліятэка
Bosanskibibliotečnibibliotekabibliotekarskiknjižnicaknjižničniбиблиотекабиблиотекарскибиблиотечникњижницакњижничнитесте
Catalàbiblioteca
Cymraegllyfrgell
Danskbibliotek
Ελληνικάβιβλιοθήκη
Eestiraamatukogu
Euskaraliburutegi
فارسیکتابخانه
Suomikirjasto
Gaeilgeleabharlann
Gàidhligleabharlann
ગુજરાતીપુસ્તકાલય
Hrvatskibibliotečnibibliotekabibliotekarskiknjižnicaknjižničniбиблиотекабиблиотекарскибиблиотечникњижницакњижничнитесте
Magyarkönyvtár
Հայերենգրադարան
ქართულიბიბლიოთეკა
Қазақ тілікітапхана
ភាសាខ្មែរបណ្ណាល័យ
Кыргызчакитепкана
LëtzebuergeschBibliothéik
Lietuviųbiblioteka
Latviešubibliotēka
Македонскибиблиотека
മലയാളംഗ്രന്ഥശാല
Монголномын сан
मराठीग्रंथालय
Maltilibrerija
မြန်မာစာကြည့်တိုက်
नेपालीपुस्तकालय
ଓଡ଼ିଆଲାଇବ୍ରେରୀ
Românăbiblioteca
Русскийбиблиотека
Slovenčinaknižnica
Slovenščinaknjížnica
Српскиbibliotečnibibliotekabibliotekarskiknjižnicaknjižničniбиблиотекабиблиотекарскибиблиотечникњижницакњижничнитесте
Svenskabibliotek
Kiswahilimaktaba
தமிழ்நூலகம்
తెలుగుగ్రంథాలయము
Тоҷикӣкитобхона
Türkmençekitaphana
Setswanalaeborari
Türkçekütüphane
ئۇيغۇرچەكۇتۇپخانا
O'zbekchakutubxona
Tiếng Việtthư viện
Examples
“She went to exchange⟳ her books at her local library.”
“Libraries have⟳ been burnt and whole religious movements wiped out because their belief and myths have⟳ been considered to be of dubious origin by the upholders of orthodoxy[.]”
“When all else fails, give⟳ up and go to the library.”
“A small library of books has been written on the subject.”
“My library is not a single beast but a composite of many others, a fantastic animal made up of the several libraries built and then abandoned, over and over again, throughout my life. I can’t remember⟳ a time in which I didn’t have⟳ a library of some sort⟳. The present⟳ one is a sort⟳ of multilayered autobiography, each book holding the moment in which I opened it for the first time.”
“A static library is much like⟳ any other library in that it contains a bunch of code for your application to use⟳.”
“At the conclusion of every duel, each player must show⟳ the remaining cards in his or her hand to the opponent to verify that no Restricted List duplicate cards appear⟳ there (e.g., to prove⟳ that a second Time Walk⟳ wasn't drawn from his library).”
“But why did very good players shy away from cards that are so obviously good from our perspectives? One very real possibility is that library manipulation/increased selection and redundancy tech had not yet been established - after all, many players were amazed at Lestree's use⟳ of the Sylvan Library to draw⟳ extra cards!”
“To win⟳ a game of Magic, you must achieve⟳ one of two chief goals: either be the first to reduce⟳ your opponent's life total from 20 to 0, or force⟳ him or her to attempt⟳ to draw⟳ a card from his or her library when there are no cards left in it.”
“The deck becomes the draw⟳ pile, also called the library, from which each player repeatedly draws cards for his or her own⟳ hand, cards that are gradually included into the game.”
“At this phase, most of TCGs only allow⟳ players drawing card(s) from a pack⟳ which is also called library or deck.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See also
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