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Etymology 1

Old English bōc, from Germanic *boks, probably related to *bōk- ‘beech’ (perhaps originally used to make writing-tablets). Cognate with Dutch boek, German Buch, Swedish bok. Compare beech.

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Noun

Book (plural Books)

  1. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material (typically fictional or academic), pictures, etc; if blank, this is commonly referred to as a notebook.
  2. A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
    I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.
  3. A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use
    a book of stamps
    a book of raffle tickets
  4. A major division of a published work, larger than a chapter, commonly an academic publication or the Bible.
  5. The script of a musical.
  6. (usually in plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
  7. A long document stored (as data) that is or will become a book; an e-book.
  8. In law school, a colloquial reference to 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).
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Synonyms
  • (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material): tome (especially a large book)
  • (record of betting):
  • (convenient collection of small paper items, such as stamps): booklet
  • (major division of a published work, larger than a chapter): tome, volume
  • (script of a musical): libretto
  • (records of the accounts of a business): accounts, records
  • (e-book): e-book
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Derived terms
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Translations

collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material

Cantonese: 書 (suè)
Mandarin: 書 / 书 (shū)
Cyrillic: књига f.
Roman: knjiga f.

record of betting

convenient collection of small paper items, such as stamps

major division of a published work, larger than a chapter

script of a musical

usually in plural: records of the accounts of a business

ebook

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Transitive verb

to book (third-person singular simple present books, present participle booking, simple past booked, past participle booked)

  1. To reserve (something) for future use
    I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night
    I can book tickets for the concert next week
  2. To penalise (someone) for an offence
    The police booked him for driving too fast
  3. (slang) To travel very fast.
    He was really booking, until he passed the speed trap.
  4. To write down.
    They booked that message from the hill
  5. In law school, to receive the highest grade in a class.
    The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class.
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Translations

reserve

penalise

travel very fast

write down

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Etymology 2

The word given by entering "cool" into a mobile phone using predictive text

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Adjective

Book (comparative Booker, superlative Bookest)

  1. (slang) cool (in its slang or informal senses)
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See also

bs:book de:book el:book fr:book gl:book io:book it:book ku:book hu:book pl:book pt:book ro:book sr:book fi:book sv:book ta:book uk:book zh:book

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