Book is american word

книга, книжка, журнал, том, заказывать, книжный

существительное ↓

глагол ↓

прилагательное ↓

Словосочетания

a book for young people — книга для молодёжи  
a blurb on a book jacket — издательская реклама на обложке книги  
a précis of the book’s plot — краткое изложение сюжета книги  
turn a page of a book — перевернуть страницу книги  
to be in smb.’s black book — быть у кого-л. в немилости  
black-letter book — старопечатная книга  
rare book — редкая книга  
children’s book — книга для детей  
illustrated / picture book — иллюстрированная книга  
library book — библиотечная книга  
book of complaints — книга жалоб  
to translate a book — переводить книгу, делать перевод книги  

Примеры с переводом

Примеры, ожидающие перевода

Фразовые глаголы

book in — зарегистрироваться, заказывать заранее, бронировать номер в гостинице
book off — отметить табель при уходе с работы
book out — выписаться из гостиницы, заплатить по счету
book through — покупать транзитный билет
book up — закупать, занимать

Возможные однокоренные слова

booked  — заказанный, занятый
bookish  — книжный, ученый, литературный, оторванный от жизни
bookless  — необразованный, не имеющий книг
overbook  — продавать больше билетов, чем имеется мест, регистрировать большее количество, перебронировать
booking  — заказ, продажа билетов
booker  — бухгалтер

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: book
he/she/it: books
ing ф. (present participle): booking
2-я ф. (past tense): booked
3-я ф. (past participle): booked

noun
ед. ч.(singular): book
мн. ч.(plural): books

noun

verb

Extra examples

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: book
he/she/it: books
present participle: booking
past tense: booked
past participle: booked

noun
singular: book
plural: books

Recent Examples on the Web

The yogi was an effortlessly beautiful fortysomething woman who appeared on the covers of books and magazines and headlined her own yoga retreats.


—Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2023




No longer a niche game, it’s been played by more than 50 million people to date, according to Wizards of the Coast, the Hasbro division that owns D&D. The game has also moved beyond the tabletop to other mediums, including television, books and movies.


—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2023




Aside from handing out 15 awards to TV shows, movies, musicians, books and journalists who reflected fair, accurate and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues, the event also handed out three special honors to Bad Bunny, Christina Aguilera and Jeremy Pope.


—Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Mar. 2023




Its 745 glossy pages of text are adorned with scores of images—portraits, photographs, maps and frontispieces, each illustrating the myriad books, authors, artists, architects and historical events discussed in its 32 chapters.


—Barton Swaim, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2023




The Guardian | March 25, 2023 | 5,574 words In this excerpt from her book, Wavewalker: Breaking Free, Suzanne Heywood recounts the misery of her unconventional childhood.


—Longreads, 31 Mar. 2023




Gwinn, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who lives in Seattle, writes about books and authors.


—Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023




Next up, books and fashion.


—The Editors, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2023




Appraisers will be available to appraise cast iron toys, coins, pottery, china, collectables, furniture, guns, military items, antique weapons, dolls, teddy bears, engravings, art, jewelry, string instruments, books and more.


—Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2023

In addition to paying for the cruise itself, travelers can add things like a cabin upgrade or pre-book onboard amenities and shore excursions through the system.


—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2023




Here’s the good: Officials said decades of relationship-building have allowed them to re-book critical revenue-driving conventions as early as 2022.


—David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Aug. 2020




Beamed directly to the book, and beamed (via an intra-book search) to the piece of information.


—Mark Changizi, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2013




Entertainment Tonight shared the details of a multi-book deal worth at least $35 million.


—Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 6 Jan. 2023




Of course, there will be perks for Mercedes owners—they’ll be able to pre-book charging appointments and be prioritized by the network.


—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2023




Multi-book reviews warrant much more space for overview and discussion.


—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2010




Global users can now pre-book rides for every leg of their journey, each of which earns 10% back in Uber Cash to spend on future travels or food delivery orders.


—Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 14 Nov. 2022




Hoping to replicate the success of Halo and its accompanying novels, Microsoft signed a multi-book deal with Tor, one of the most prominent science fiction and fantasy imprints, and brought on award-winning author Greg Rucka to helm the project.


—Greg Leporati, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022

Go book yourself a massage—your back will need it.


—Liz Kadar, ELLE Decor, 5 Apr. 2023




Shortly after the producers booked the show for a late 2020 run at the National Theater in Washington, D.C., the pandemic hit and the run was canceled.


—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 3 Apr. 2023




My husband booked it during the pandemic, in April 2021.


—Christine Chung, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023




Don your favorite traction devices atop the canyon to crunch through seasonal ice and book a backcountry permit for late fall, winter, or early spring.


—Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2023




She was taken to a hospital and then booked in the Fairfax County jail on Thursday.


—Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023




Opt to stay at one of the many beachfront resorts, like the Marriott Hilton Head Resort & Spa or the Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort, or book a stay at a beloved boutique hotel, like The Inn & Club at Harbour Town. 2.


—Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2023




To set up your registry, simply sign up through Bloomingdale’s website or book an appointment with a registry consultant.


—Kalea Martin, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023




Find the perfect place, book a hotel and come up with an itinerary with your teen’s interests in mind.


—Nicole Johnson, Good Housekeeping, 29 Mar. 2023


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Business books, [plural] the financial records of a business, etc.:adjusting the books to hide the fact that money was being taken. v. to register, esp. after being arrested:[~ + object]booked him for manslaughter. to make a reservation for (a hotel room, plane trip, etc.):[~ + object]We booked several flights just to be sure. to register or list (a person) for a hotel room, passage on a ship, an appointment, etc.:[~ + object]booked us on the next cruise. Show Business to engage for one or more performances:[~ + object]We booked that new rock group. book in (or out), [no object] to sign in (or out), as at a hotel, etc.:We booked in at the Savoy. book up, [~ + object] to sell or buy out, fill up, or the like:booked up the hotel for the World Series. adj. [before a noun] of, relating to, or dealing with books:a book salesman. derived or learned entirely from books: book knowledge. Idioms Idioms by the book, according to the established form:Do it by the book for now; later we can try shortcuts or new tricks. Idioms in one’s book, according to one’s personal judgment:In my book, she was simply the greatest actress of all time. Idioms know or read like a book, to know or understand (someone or something) completely:knew the city like a book. Idioms off the books, done or performed (esp. for cash) without records, to avoid income tax:working for him off the books. Idioms one for the book(s), something extraordinary:That triple play in the first inning was one for the books. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023 book  (bŏŏk),USA pronunciation n.  a written or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers. a number of sheets of blank or ruled paper bound together for writing, recording business transactions, etc. a division of a literary work, esp. one of the larger divisions. Bible the Book, the Bible. Music and Dancethe text or libretto of an opera, operetta, or musical. Business books. See book of account.  Music and Dance[Jazz.]the total repertoire of a band. Show Businessa script or story for a play. Sporta record of bets, as on a horse race. Games[Cards.]the number of basic tricks or cards that must be taken before any trick or card counts in the score. a set or packet of tickets, checks, stamps, matches, etc., bound together like a book. anything that serves for the recording of facts or events:The petrified tree was a book of Nature. Sporta collection of facts and information about the usual playing habits, weaknesses, methods, etc., of an opposing team or player, esp. in baseball:The White Sox book on Mickey Mantle cautioned pitchers to keep the ball fast and high. Stock Exchange, Business the customers served by each registered representative in a brokerage house. a loose-leaf binder kept by a specialist to record orders to buy and sell stock at specified prices. a pile or package of leaves, as of tobacco. Mineralogya thick block or crystal of mica. a magazine: used esp. in magazine publishing. BusinessSee book value.  Slang Termsbookmaker (def. 1). Idioms bring to book, to call to account; bring to justice:Someday he will be brought to book for his misdeeds. Idioms by the book, according to the correct or established form; in the usual manner:an unimaginative individual who does everything by the book. Business close the books, to balance accounts at the end of an accounting period; settle accounts. Idioms, Informal Terms cook the books, [Informal.]See cook (def. 10). Idioms in one’s bad books, out of favor; disliked by someone:He’s in the boss’s bad books. Idioms in one’s book, in one’s personal judgment or opinion:In my book, he’s not to be trusted. Idioms in one’s good books, in favor; liked by someone. Idioms like a book, completely; thoroughly:She knew the area like a book. Business, Idioms make book: to accept or place the bets of others, as on horse races, esp. as a business. to wager; bet:You can make book on it that he won’t arrive in time. Business, Idioms off the books, done or performed for cash or without keeping full business records: esp. as a way to avoid paying income tax, employment benefits, etc.:Much of his work as a night watchman is done off the books. Idioms one for the book or books, a noteworthy incident; something extraordinary:The daring rescue was one for the book. Business on the books, entered in a list or record:He claims to have graduated from Harvard, but his name is not on the books. the book: a set of rules, conventions, or standards:The solution was not according to the book but it served the purpose. the telephone book:I’ve looked him up, but he’s not in the book. Informal Terms, Idioms, Law throw the book at: to sentence (an offender, lawbreaker, etc.) to the maximum penalties for all charges against that person. to punish or chide severely. Idioms without book: from memory. without authority:to punish without book. Idioms write the book, to be the prototype, originator, leader, etc., of:So far as investment banking is concerned, they wrote the book. v.t. to enter in a book or list; record; register. to reserve or make a reservation for (a hotel room, passage on a ship, etc.):We booked a table at our favorite restaurant. to register or list (a person) for a place, transportation, appointment, etc.:The travel agent booked us for next week’s cruise. Show Businessto engage for one or more performances. Lawto enter an official charge against (an arrested suspect) on a police register. Businessto act as a bookmaker for (a bettor, bet, or sum of money):The Philadelphia syndicate books 25 million dollars a year on horse racing. v.i. to register one’s name. to engage a place, services, etc. Slang Terms to study hard, as a student before an exam:He left the party early to book. to leave; depart:I’m bored with this party, let’s book. to work as a bookmaker:He started a restaurant with money he got from booking. book in, to sign in, as at a job. book out, to sign out, as at a job. book up, to sell out in advance:The hotel is booked up for the Christmas holidays. adj. of or pertaining to a book or books:the book department; a book salesman. derived or learned from or based on books:a book knowledge of sailing. Businessshown by a book of account:The firm’s book profit was $53,680. bef. 900; Middle English, Old English bōc; cognate with Dutch boek, Old Norse bōk, German Buch; akin to Gothic boka letter (of the alphabet) and not of known relation to beech, as is often assumed book′less, adj.  book′like′, adj.  39.See corresponding entry in Unabridged reserve, schedule, bill, slate, program. 39.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cancel. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: book /bʊk/ n a number of printed or written pages bound together along one edge and usually protected by thick paper or stiff pasteboard covers a written work or composition, such as a novel, technical manual, or dictionary (as modifier): the book trade, book reviews (in combination): bookseller, bookshop, bookshelf, bookrack a number of blank or ruled sheets of paper bound together, used to record lessons, keep accounts, etc (plural) a record of the transactions of a business or society the script of a play or the libretto of an opera, musical, etc a major division of a written composition, as of a long novel or of the Bible a number of tickets, sheets, stamps, etc, fastened together along one edge a record of the bets made on a horse race or other event (in card games) the number of tricks that must be taken by a side or player before any trick has a scoring value strict or rigid regulations, rules, or standards (esp in the phrases according to the book, by the book) a source of knowledge or authority: the book of life an open book ⇒ a person or subject that is thoroughly understood a closed book ⇒ a person or subject that is unknown or beyond comprehension: chemistry is a closed book to him bring to book ⇒ to reprimand or require (someone) to give an explanation of his conduct close the books ⇒ to balance accounts in order to prepare a statement or report in someone’s bad books ⇒ regarded by someone with disfavour in someone’s good books ⇒ regarded by someone with favour keep the books ⇒ to keep written records of the finances of a business or other enterprise on the books ⇒ enrolled as a member throw the book at ⇒ to charge with every relevant offence to inflict the most severe punishment on vb to reserve (a place, passage, etc) or engage the services of (a performer, driver, etc) in advance (transitive) to take the name and address of (a person guilty of a minor offence) with a view to bringing a prosecution (transitive) (of a football referee) to take the name of (a player) who grossly infringes the rules while playing, two such acts resulting in the player’s dismissal from the field (transitive) archaic to record in a book See also book inEtymology: Old English bōc; related to Old Norse bōk, Old High German buoh book, Gothic bōka letter; see beech (the bark of which was used as a writing surface) ‘book‘ also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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[bʊk]

Частота употребления

Кол-во употреблений book на 1 миллион слов: 1851.

Примеры предложений

Tom loved the book Mary gave him.
Тому очень понравилась книга, которую Мэри ему дала.

I’m reading a book about skiing.
Я читаю книгу о лыжном спорте.

One book is thin. The other is thick. The thick one has about 200 pages.
Одна книга тонкая. Другая толстая. В толстой примерно 200 страниц.

I’ll send the book by mail.
Я отправлю книгу по почте.

She put the book in her bag.
Она положила книгу в сумку.

This book contains a lot of beautiful illustrations.
В этой книге много красивых иллюстраций.

The man who wrote this book is a doctor.
Человек, написавший эту книгу, — врач.

Do you think it is difficult to finish reading this book in a week?
Ты думаешь, что дочитать эту книгу за неделю сложно?

This book is heavy.
Эта книга тяжёлая.

I bought this book at the bookstore in front of the station.
Я купил эту книгу в книжном напротив вокзала.

This book was printed in England.
Эта книга была напечатана в Англии.

This book is Tony’s.
Это книга Тони.

This book is on the manners and customs of America.
Эта книга посвящена этикету и традициям Америки.

The stories which you will read in this book deal with some of the many problems which face young people.
Истории в книге, которую вы прочтете, рассматривают некоторые из многочисленных проблем, с которыми сталкивается молодежь.

Tom hasn’t read that book yet.
Том ещё не читал эту книгу.

The book costs five dollars.
Книга стоит пять долларов.

The book is on the table.
Книга лежит на столе.

Let me have a look at that book of Tom’s.
Позвольте мне взглянуть на эту книгу Тома.

The book I bought is on the table.
Книга, которую я купил, находится на столе.

He bought a book for her.
Он купил ей книгу.

Any book will be OK as long as it’s interesting.
Любая интересная книга подойдёт.

He put the book on the table.
Он положил книгу на стол.

He wrote a book about birds.
Он написал книгу о птицах.

My book is on your desk.
Моя книга на вашем столе.

Whose grammar book is this?
Чья это книга по грамматике?

He hasn’t read the book yet.
Он ещё не прочёл книгу.

Tom lent a book to Mary.
Том одолжил Мэри книгу.

This book will change your life.
Эта книга изменит вашу жизнь.

Has she finished the book yet?
Она уже прочитала книгу?

My book is floating about here somewhere but I just can’t find it.
Моя книга где-то тут, но я не могу её найти.

Варианты (v1)

Варианты (v2)

• book [bʊk] сущ

  1. книгаж, книжкаж, книжечкаж, книжицаж

     (volume, booklet)

     • new book – новая книга
     • red data book – красная книга
     • children’s book – детская книга
     • personal address book – личная адресная книга
     • very good book – очень хорошая книга
     • recently published book – недавно опубликованная книга
     • local phone book – телефонная книга
     • book of mormon – книга мормона
     • cheque book – чековая книжка
     • little book – маленькая книжечка

  2. сборникм

     (collection)

  3. справочникм

     (reference book)

• book [bʊk] гл

  1. бронировать, забронировать

     (reserve)

     • book a room – забронировать номер

  2. заказывать, заказать

     (order)

     • book tickets – заказывать билеты

• book [bʊk] прил

  1. книжный

     (literary)

     • national book award – национальная книжная премия

noun
	книга	book, volume
	книжка	book, psalterium
	журнал	magazine, log, journal, periodical, book, register
	книжечка	book, booklet
	том	volume, part, tome, book
	текст	text, word, version, document, book
	часть	part, portion, piece, section, proportion, book
	литературное произведение	book, writing, composition, thing
	сценарий	scenario, script, screenplay, continuity, book, photoplay
	библия	Bible, book, scripture, Holy Writ
	телефонная книга	phone book, telephone directory, book
	букмекерская книга записи	book
	шесть взяток	book
	конторская книга	account book, book
	сборник отчетов	books, book
	запись заключаемых пари	book
	либретто	libretto, wordbook, book
adjective
	книжный	book, bookish, literary
verb
	заказывать	order, book, bespeak, charter
	зарегистрировать	book
	заносить в книгу	book
	ангажировать	book
	вносить в книгу	book
	регистрировать	register, record, log, enroll, check in, book
	брать	take, get, accept, take out, take in, book
	брать билет	book
	принимать заказы на билеты	book
	выдавать билет	book
	заручиться согласием	book
	приглашать	invite, ask, call in, retain, ask out, book

Предложения со словом «Book»

That means that they picked up a magazine, a picture book, a story book.	Это значит, что дети выбирали журнал, книгу с картинками или историями.
Of course, I make sure they always have a book to read.	Я стараюсь, чтобы у них всегда было, что почитать.
When I wrote the book, I had the chapter on spin.	В моей книге была глава, посвящённая моменту импульса.
Well, at the beginning of the semester, I looked at the book, and in this 400-page book was about a 14-page section that was on black people in painting.	Короче, в начале семестра я листал учебник, и в этом 400 — страничном учебнике было примерно 14 страниц о чернокожих в живописи.
It was no accident that Sherry Turkle of MIT called the book she wrote on the impact of social media Alone Together.	Неслучайно Шерри Тёркл из МИТ назвала свою книгу о влиянии на нас соцcетей «Одиночество вместе».
Over the years, my many journeys have brought back things like a new species of synthetically engineered bees; a book named, Pets as Protein; a machine that makes you rich by trading your genetic data; a lamp powered by sugar; a computer for growing food.	За годы путешествий я привезла с собой многое: новый вид искусственно выращенных пчёл, книгу «Питомцы как протеин», машину, которая приносит доход, продавая ваши генетические данные, лампу, работающую на сахаре, компьютер для выращивания пищи.
And then if they wanted to call my grandparents who lived in another city, they needed to book something called a trunk call, and then wait again, for hours or even days.	И если они хотели позвонить родственникам в другой город, нужно было заказать междугородние переговоры и затем ждать часами или даже днями.
So in the nerdy way that we have operated Partners in Health, we wrote a book against, basically, the World Bank.	С тем же упорством, с каким мы управляли «Партнёрами во имя здоровья», мы написали книгу против Всемирного Банка.
I bought a book on simplicity to try to find answers.	В попытке найти решение я купил книгу о простоте.
I ended up extending that trip for a year and a half around the world, and that became the basis for my first book, that leads me here today.	В итоге я на 1,5 года продлил своё путешествие по миру, и оно легло в основу моей первой книги , и поэтому я сегодня здесь.
So my dad sat down with him with an Audubon book, paper, pencils and brads — for those of you who have gotten a little less young and remember brads — and he said to my brother.	Поэтому отец усадил его со справочником по орнитологии, бумагой, карандашами и скрепками — для тех, кто уже не такой молодой и помнит скрепки, — и сказал моему брату.
I’m a huge fan of biological controls, and I share that view with Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring, the book that is credited with starting the environmental movement.	Я большая поклонница биологического контроля и разделяю этот взгляд с Рейчел Карсон, автором «Безмолвной весны», книги , которой приписывают начало экологического движения.
In this book she tells the story, as an example, of how a very nasty insect pest of livestock was eliminated in the last century.	В этой книге она рассказывает историю об очень противном насекомом — вредителе для скота, который был ликвидирован в прошлом веке.
The philosopher Thomas More first hinted at it in his book, Utopia, more than 500 years ago.	Философ Томас Мор впервые упомянул об этом в своей «Утопии» более 500 лет назад.
I spent five years interviewing, photographing and filming nurses for a book and a documentary film.	Пять лет я брала у них интервью, фотографировала, снимала на видео для книги и документального фильма.
I published my work — the book was published, Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory, it came out in many different countries, including here in Penguin UK.	Я опубликовала работу, книгу Отрицание Холокоста: рост нападок на правду и память, она вышла во многих странах, в том числе в Великобритании в издательстве Penguin.
Building an Alzheimer’s-resistant brain means learning to speak Italian, meeting new friends, reading a book, or listening to a great TED Talk.	Создание мозга, устойчивого к болезни Альцгеймера, значит изучать итальянский язык, заводить новые знакомства, читать книги или слушать лучшие выступления на TED.
And when I got to the top, the weight of 3,000 quarters in my book bag pulled me back down to the ground.	Когда я уже был наверху, мой рюкзак, наполненный монетами на 750 долларов, потянул меня назад.
I said, Man, the book bag was too heavy.	Я ответил: Мой рюкзак был слишком тяжёлым.
I picked up a book, and it was the most agonizing time of my life, trying to learn how to read, the ostracizing from my family, the homeys.	То время было самым мучительным в моей жизни: попытки научиться читать, невозможность находиться с семьёй, друзьями.
I ended up writing a book based on those conversations, and that book really revolved around three surprises — surprises to me, anyway.	И закончил тем, что написал книгу на основе тех бесед, в которой говорится о трёх неожиданностях, неожиданностях для меня, по крайней мере.
This is just one example of dozens I discovered in researching a book on the relationships between government and industry.	Это всего лишь один из десятков примеров, с которыми я столкнулся, изучая взаимоотношения между правительством и производственной сферой.
In the early 1990s, I was asked to review a new book on the health of black America.	В начале 1990 годов я рецензировал новую книгу о здоровье чернокожих американцев.
He would tell a joke or recommend a book or gently excuse himself from the conversation.	Он мог пошутить или посоветовать книгу , или мягко оставить разговор.
So, some of you will know this book, Sapiens.	Некоторые из вас узнáют книгу Sapiens.
I’m going to push back on you just for a minute, just from your own book, because in Homo Deus, you give really one of the most coherent and understandable accounts about sentience, about consciousness, and that unique sort of human skill.	Так что, Позвольте, я немного остановлюсь на этом моменте, как раз из вашей книги Homo Deus, где вы приводите один из самых адекватных и понятных анализов чувств, сознания, как исключительно человеческой черты.
I kind of found myself hoping that, reading your book.	Читая вашу книгу , я даже несколько понадеялся на такой исход.
Indeed, in the book Superintelligence by the philosopher Nick Bostrom, he picks up on this theme and observes that a superintelligence might not only be dangerous, it could represent an existential threat to all of humanity.	Философ Ник Бостром в книге Искусственный интеллект поднимает эту проблему и пишет, что ИИ может быть не только опасен, он может быть угрозой существованию человечества.
You’d stay until, at some point, the jail would be booked to capacity, and they’d want to book someone new in.	Ты бы оставался там до тех пор, пока тюрьма не была бы заполнена, и им захотелось бы взять туда новенького.
I wrote a book on the moral panic about sexting.	Мною написана книга о моральной панике, связанной с секстингом.
If you buy an e-book, you can’t just send it out to as many people as you want.	Если вы купите книгу в электронном виде, то вы не можете делиться ею со всеми.
The attacks happened everywhere: in the hardware store, in my office, or even while reading a book in bed.	Эти атаки возникали повсюду: в магазине хозтоваров, на работе, даже в постели во время чтения книги .
Sometimes when you travel, you end up finding long-lost family — not those with whom you share genes, but a shared entry in the book of life.	Путешествуя по миру, вы можете обрести давно потерянную семью — не тех, с кем вы разделяете общие гены, а тех, с кем у вас общая судьба.
You think you’re reading a sci-fi book.	Вы представили, что читаете фантастическую историю.
In the Book of Exodus alone, there are 16 references to smiting, which is the word that the Bible uses for the vengeance of an angry God.	Только в Книге Исхода встречается более 16 упоминаний слова сразить, и его же используют в Библии для обозначения мести разъярённого Бога.
In their book, Metaphors We Live By, linguists Mark Johnson and George Lakoff suggest a really interesting solution to this dilemma, which is to change our metaphors.	В книге Метафоры, которые мы проживаем лингвисты Марк Джонсон и Джордж Лакофф выдвигают интересное решение этой дилеммы, заключающееся в изменении наших метафор.
These facts, revealed in a recent book by Boston University economist James Bessen, raise an intriguing question: what are all those tellers doing?	Эти данные, появившиеся недавно в книге экономиста Бостонского университета Джеймса Бессена, поднимают интереснейший вопрос: чем занимаются все эти кассиры?
I had them keep track of their time for a week so I could add up how much they worked and slept, and I interviewed them about their strategies, for my book.	Я просила их отслеживать своё время за неделю, чтобы высчитать часы на работу и сон, и я поговорила с ними о стратегиях для своей книги .
The Cooperative Children’s Book Center did a review of nearly 4,000 books and found that only three percent were about African-Americans.	Сотрудники Объединённого центра детской книги сделали обзор почти 4 000 книг и обнаружили, что только 3% всех книг посвящены афроамериканцам.
And we had another couple who made books — a book for each child.	А другая пара делала книжки — по книжке для каждого ребёнка.
This is a mathematics book about tying shoelaces at the university level, because there are patterns in shoelaces.	Это математическое пособие по завязыванию шнурков на уровне высшего учебного заведения, поскольку в завязывании шнурков есть закономерности.
And then you have to realize that, because we all live in a separate moral world — the metaphor I use in the book is that we’re all trapped in The Matrix, or each moral community is a matrix, a consensual hallucination.	А затем понять, что мы живём с разными моральными устоями, метафора, которую я использую в книге , — мы внутри матрицы, каждое сообщество это матрица, согласованная галлюцинация.
But whenever I said those dreadful words, Take out a book and read, you’d think I’d just declared war.	Но такие ужасные слова, как: Возьмите книгу и почитайте, звучали для них как объявление войны.
Now when I say, Take out a book and read, kids rush to my library.	Теперь, когда я говорю: Возьмите книгу и почитайте, дети несутся к библиотеке.
Finally she closed the book and laid it down.	Немного погодя она закрыла дневник и положила его на стол.
I will book that wealthy widow frances, Ray.	Я заручусь согласием этой богатой вдовы Фрэнсис, Рэй.
Ancient Chinese book of philosophy accessed by random sampling.	Древняя китайская философская книга , взявшая за основу идею случайности.
Read any history book about the town’s founding members.	Прочитай любую историческую книгу о членах семей — основателей.
He had several shelves, not just one book.	Ему была посвящена не одна книга , а несколько полок.
WINTROW UNBUCKLED THE CARVED WOODEN COVER OF THE BOOK CAREfully.	Уинтроу осторожно расстегнул замочек, скреплявший створки деревянного книжного переплета.
Did she get you to join her awesome book club?	Она попросила тебя присоединиться к её замечательному книжному клубу?
His Pulitzers and National Book Awards cut no ice.	Его Пулитцеровские и Национальные книжные премии не производили впечатления.
Thanks for coming to the book club meeting, everyone.	Всем спасибо, что пришли на встречу книжного клуба.
Like he had learned to smile from a picture book.	Как будто он научился ей по книге с картинками.
They’re written in a book not carved in stone.	Они записаны в книге , а не вырезаны на камне.
This book contains pagan creatures and strong sexual overtones.	В книге упоминаются языческие создания и сильные сексуальные нотки.
Why would anyone think this book is obscene or dangerous?	Почему люди думают, что эта книга непристойна и опасна?
I’ve literally been through this book cover to cover.	Я буквально прочёл всю книгу от корки до корки.
Once we even read a book on anal sex together.	Однажды мы прочитали вместе в книге об анальном сексе.
Studied that rule book till you found the perfect infraction.	Изучал свод правил, пока не нашел идеальное нарушение.

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• enPR: bo͝ok, IPA^(key): /bʊk/
• enPR: bo͞ok IPA^(key): /buːk/ (Tyneside; otherwise obsolete)^[1]
• plural
• Rhymes: -ʊk
• Homophone: buck (accents without the foot–⁠strut split)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English bok, book, from Old English bōc, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Eclipsed non-native Middle English livret, lyveret (“book, booklet”) from Old French livret (“book, booklet”). Bookmaker sense by clipping.

Alternative forms[edit]

• booke (archaic)

Noun[edit]

book (plural books)

1. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.

   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 3, column 1:

     Knowing I lou’d my bookes, he furniſhd me / From mine owne Library, with volumes, that / I prize aboue my Dukedome.

   • 1962, James East Irby translating Luis Borges as «The Library of Babel»:

     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.

   • 1983, Steve Horelick & al., «Reading Rainbow»:

     I can be anything.
     Take a look!
     It’s in a book:
     A reading rainbow.

   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, page 51:

     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.

2. 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.

   I have three copies of his first book.

   • 2022 December 6, Stephen Marche, quoting Sam Bankman-Fried, “The College Essay Is Dead”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     “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.”

3. A major division of a long work.

   Genesis is the first book of the Bible.

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

   Synonyms: tome, volume

5. (gambling) 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.

6. (informal) A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant.
7. 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

   Synonym: booklet

8. (theater) The script of a musical or opera.

   Synonym: libretto

   • 2010, David Baskerville, Tim Baskerville, Music Business Handbook and Career Guide (page 172)

     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.

9. (usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.

   Synonyms: account, record

10. (law, colloquial) 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).
11. (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
12. (poker slang) Four of a kind.^[2]
13. (sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
14. (sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.

    • 2011 March 2, Andy Campbell, “Celtic 1 — 0 Rangers”, in BBC‎^[2]:

      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.

15. (cartomancy) The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
16. (figurative) Any source of instruction.
17. (with «the») The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps.
    • 1974, Adrienne Lanier Seward, The Black Pimp as a Folk Hero (page 11)

      The Book is an oral tradition of belief in The Life that has been passed down from player to player from generation to generation.

    • 1994, Antiquarian Book Monthly (volume 21, page 36)

      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.

18. (advertising, informal) A portfolio of one’s previous work in the industry.
    • 2017, Nik Mahon, Basics Advertising 02: Art Direction (page

      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.

    • Idea Industry (page 27)

      Your portfolio — your book — has to be killer.

19. (chess, uncountable) The sum of chess knowledge in the opening or endgame.

    • 2018 April 6, Leonard Barden, “Chess: Schoolboy Vincent Keymer secures shock triumph at Grenke Open”, in The Guardian‎^[3], archived from the original on 2023-01-12:

      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.

    • 2020, Andrew Soltis, How to Swindle in Chess, Batsford Books, →ISBN:

      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.

Synonyms[edit]

• See Thesaurus:book

Hyponyms[edit]

• See Thesaurus:book

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

• incunable
• scroll
• tome
• volume

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English booken, boken, from Old English bōcian, ġebōcian, from the noun (see above).

Verb[edit]

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

2. (transitive) 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.

   • 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:

     I haven’t booked, so I don’t have a clue as to whether the service will be busy or not. Supposedly, reservations are compulsory, but I want to find out what would happen if you just turn up.

   Synonym: reserve

3. (transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.

   They booked that message from the hill

   Synonyms: make a note of, note down, record, write down

4. (transitive) To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.

   I booked a flight to New York.

   Synonyms: sign up, register, reserve, schedule, enroll

5. (law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.

   The police booked him for driving too fast.

6. (sports) To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
7. (intransitive, slang) To travel very fast.

   He was really booking, until he passed the speed trap.

   Synonyms: bomb, hurtle, rocket, speed, shoot, whiz

8. To record bets as bookmaker.
9. (transitive, law student slang) 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.

10. (intransitive, slang) To leave.

    He was here earlier, but he booked.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From Middle English book, bok, from Old English bōc, from Proto-Germanic *bōk, first and third person singular indicative past tense of Proto-Germanic *bakaną (“to bake”).

Verb[edit]

book

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England) simple past tense of bake

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

• Boko, Koob, boko, bòkò, kobo

Chinese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• 卜

Etymology[edit]

From English book.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

book

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) to book; to reserve

[edit]

• booking

Limburgish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• bouk (Sittard, amongst other dialects)
  • Bouk (Eupen)
• Bock (Krefeld)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German bôk, from Old Saxon bōk, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /boːk/
• Hyphenation: book
• Rhymes: -oːk

Noun[edit]

book n

1. (many dialects) book

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Mansaka[edit]

Noun[edit]

book

1. piece

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

book

1. Alternative form of bok

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

book

1. Alternative form of bouk

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Verb[edit]

book

1. imperative of booke