book
noun
1. a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
- I am reading a good book on economics
Definition categories: communication, publication
2. physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
- he used a large book as a doorstop
Similar word(s): volume
Definition categories: man–made, product, production
3. a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
- his name is in all the record books
Similar word(s): record
Definition categories: communication, fact
4. a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
Similar word(s): script
Definition categories: communication
5. a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
- they got a subpoena to examine our books
Similar word(s): ledger, leger
Definition categories: possession, record
6. a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game
Definition categories: group, accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
7. a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made
- they run things by the book around here
Definition categories: group, accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
8. the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina
Similar word(s): quran
Definition categories: communication
9. the sacred writings of the Christian religions
Similar word(s): bible, scripture, word
Definition categories: communication
10. a major division of a long written composition
- the book of Isaiah
Definition categories: communication, section, subdivision
11. a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge
- he bought a book of stamps
Definition categories: man–made, product, production
Sentences with book as a noun:
- 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.
- 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
verb
1. engage for a performance
- Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo
Definition categories: cognition, schedule
2. arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family
Similar word(s): hold, reserve
Definition categories: social, bespeak, quest, request
3. record a charge in a police register
- The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man
Definition categories: social, enter, record
4. register in a hotel booker
Definition categories: social, register
Sentences with book as a verb:
- I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night
- I can book tickets for the concert next week.
- They booked that message from the hill
- The police booked him for driving too fast.
- He was really booking, until he passed the speed trap.
- 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.