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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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noun

a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.

a work of fiction or nonfiction in an electronic format: Your child can listen to or read the book online.See also e-book (def. 1).

a number of sheets of blank or ruled paper bound together for writing, recording business transactions, etc.

a division of a literary work, especially one of the larger divisions.

the Book, the Bible.

Music. the text or libretto of an opera, operetta, or musical.

Jazz. the total repertoire of a band.

a script or story for a play.

a record of bets, as on a horse race.

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.

Sports. a collection of facts and information about the usual playing habits, weaknesses, methods, etc., of an opposing team or player, especially in baseball: The White Sox book on Mickey Mantle cautioned pitchers to keep the ball fast and high.

Stock Exchange.

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.

Mineralogy. a thick block or crystal of mica.

a magazine: used especially in magazine publishing.

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.

verb (used with object)

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.

to engage for one or more performances.

to enter an official charge against (an arrested suspect) on a police register.

to act as a bookmaker for (a bettor, bet, or sum of money): The Philadelphia syndicate books 25 million dollars a year on horse racing.

verb (used without object)

to register one’s name.

to engage a place, services, etc.

Slang.

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.

adjective

of or relating to a book or books: the book department;a book salesman.

derived or learned from or based on books: a book knowledge of sailing.

shown by a book of account: The firm’s book profit was $53,680.

Verb Phrases

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.

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Idioms about book

book it, Slang. See entry at book it.

bring to book, to call to account; bring to justice: Someday he will be brought to book for his misdeeds.

by the book, according to the correct or established form; in the usual manner: an unimaginative individual who does everything by the book.

close the books, to balance accounts at the end of an accounting period; settle accounts.

in one’s bad books, out of favor; disliked by someone: He’s in the boss’s bad books.

in one’s book, in one’s personal judgment or opinion: In my book, he’s not to be trusted.

in one’s good books, in favor; liked by someone.

like a book, completely; thoroughly: She knew the area like a book.

make book,

to accept or place the bets of others, as on horse races, especially as a business.
to wager; bet: You can make book on it that he won’t arrive in time.

off the books, done or performed for cash or without keeping full business records: especially as a way to avoid paying income tax, employment benefits, etc.: Much of his work as a night watchman is done off the books.

one for the book / books, a noteworthy incident; something extraordinary: The daring rescue was one for the book.

on the books, entered in a list or record: He claims to have graduated from Harvard, but his name is not on the books.

throw the book at, Informal.

to sentence (an offender, lawbreaker, etc.) to the maximum penalties for all charges against that person.
to punish or chide severely.

without book,

from memory.
without authority: to punish without book.

write the book, to be the prototype, originator, leader, etc., of: So far as investment banking is concerned, they wrote the book.

Origin of book

First recorded before 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

OTHER WORDS FROM book

book·less, adjectivebook·like, adjectivepre·book, verbre·book, verb

un·booked, adjective

Words nearby book

boohai, boohoo, boo-hurrah theory, boojie, boojum tree, book, book bag, bookbinder, bookbindery, bookbinding, book burning

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Words related to book

album, booklet, brochure, copy, dictionary, edition, essay, fiction, magazine, manual, novel, pamphlet, paperback, publication, text, textbook, tome, volume, work, writing

How to use book in a sentence

She waited for my rant to finish and then reminded me that the book, still in my hand, was one I had pulled from her own bookshelf.
I defy you to read the book—or, worse, review the Twitter commentary about it—and come away feeling good about the prospects for American comity.
Such deals aren’t typically part of Warren Buffett’s play book, although in 2018 Berkshire invested in the initial offering of Brazilian fintech StoneCo Ltd.
On the other side, in March everyone who booked a trip cancelled it.

More than two decades ago, I wrote a book with my New York Times colleagues Judith Miller and Bill Broad called “Germs” that looked at the modern history of biological warfare.
Yet this, in the end, is a book from which one emerges sad, gloomy, disenchanted, at least if we agree to take it seriously.
Submission is less a novel of ideas than a political book, and of the most subversive kind.
Her latest book, Heretic: The Case for a Muslim Reformation, will be published in April by HarperCollins.
At some point during his busy schedule, Israel found the time to write a book, titled The Global War on Morris.
My publisher had asked, “If you wanted to write another book, what would you want to write about?”
The supernaturalist alleges that religion was revealed to man by God, and that the form of this revelation is a sacred book.
But Mrs. Dodd, the present vicar’s wife, retained the precious prerogative of choosing the book to be read at the monthly Dorcas.
A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
She did not need a great cook-book; She knew how much and what it took To make things good and sweet and light.
Again the sallow fingers began to play with the book-covers, passing from one to another, but always slowly and gently.

British Dictionary definitions for book

noun

a number of printed or written pages bound together along one edge and usually protected by thick paper or stiff pasteboard coversSee also hardback, paperback

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

bookmaking 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 valuein bridge, six of the 13 tricks form the book

strict or rigid regulations, rules, or standards (esp in the phrases according to the book, by the book)

a source of knowledge or authoritythe book of life

a telephone directory (in the phrase in the book)

the book (sometimes capital) the Bible

an open book a person or subject that is thoroughly understood

a closed book a person or subject that is unknown or beyond comprehensionchemistry is a closed book to him

bring to book to reprimand or require (someone) to give an explanation of his conduct

close the book on to bring to a definite endwe have closed the book on apartheid

close the books accounting to balance accounts in order to prepare a statement or report

cook the books informal to make fraudulent alterations to business or other accounts

in my book according to my view of things

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
registered or recorded

read someone like a book to understand a person, or his motives, character, etc, thoroughly and clearly

throw the book at

to charge with every relevant offence
to inflict the most severe punishment on

verb

to reserve (a place, passage, etc) or engage the services of (a performer, driver, etc) in advanceto book a flight; to book a band

(tr) to take the name and address of (a person guilty of a minor offence) with a view to bringing a prosecutionhe was booked for ignoring a traffic signal

(tr) (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

(tr) archaic to record in a book

Word Origin for book

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)

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Other Idioms and Phrases with book

see balance the books; black book; bring to book; by the book; closed book; close the books; cook the books; crack a book; hit the books; in one’s book; in someone’s bad graces (books); judge a book by its cover; know like a book; make book; nose in a book; one for the books; open book; take a leaf out of someone’s book; throw the book at; wrote the book on.

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book¹

(bo͝ok)

a. A set of written, printed, or blank pages fastened along one side and encased between protective covers.

b. An e-book or other electronic resource structured like a book.

a. A printed or written literary work: Did you ever finish writing that book?

b. A main division of a larger printed or written work: a book of the Old Testament.

a. A volume in which financial or business transactions are recorded.

b. books Financial or business records considered as a group: checked the expenditures on the books.

a. A libretto.

b. The script of a play.

5. Book

a. The Bible.

b. The Koran.

a. A set of prescribed standards or rules on which decisions are based: runs the company by the book.

b. Something regarded as a source of knowledge or understanding.

c. The total amount of experience, knowledge, understanding, and skill that can be used in solving a problem or performing a task: We used every trick in the book to finish the project on schedule.

d. Informal Factual information, especially of a private nature: What’s the book on him?

7. A pack of like or similar items bound together: a book of matches.

8. A record of bets placed on a race.

9. Games The number of card tricks needed before any tricks can have scoring value, as the first six tricks taken by the declaring side in bridge.

v. booked, book·ing, books

v.tr.

a. To arrange for or purchase (tickets or lodgings, for example) in advance; reserve.

b. To arrange a reservation, as for a hotel room, for (someone): Book me into the best hotel in town.

c. To hire or engage: booked a band for Saturday night.

a. To list or register in a book: booked the revenue from last month’s sales.

b. To list or record appointments or engagements in: A calendar that was booked solid on Tuesday.

c. To record information about (a suspected offender) after arrest in preparation for arraignment, usually including a criminal history search, fingerprinting, and photographing.

d. Sports To record the flagrant fouls of (a player) for possible disciplinary action, as in soccer.

3. To designate a time for; schedule: Let’s book a meeting for next month.

4. To be hired for or engaged in: The actor has booked his next movie with that director.

v.intr.

To make a reservation: Book early if you want good seats.

adj.

1. Of or relating to knowledge learned from books rather than actual experience: has book smarts but not street smarts.

2. Appearing in a company’s financial records: book profits.

Idioms:

bring to book

To demand an explanation from; call to account.

in (one’s) book

In one’s opinion: In my book they both are wrong.

like a book

Thoroughly; completely: I know my child like a book.

one for the books

A noteworthy act or occurrence.

throw the book at

1. To make all possible charges against (a lawbreaker, for example).

2. To reprimand or punish severely.

book′er n.

Synonyms: book, bespeak, engage, reserve
These verbs mean to cause something to be set aside in advance, as for one’s use or possession: will book a hotel room; made sure their selections were bespoken; engaged a box for the opera season; reserving a table at a restaurant.

Word History: From an etymological perspective, book and beech are branches of the same tree. The Germanic root of both words is *bōk-, ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning «beech tree.» The Old English form of book is bōc, from Germanic *bōk-ō, «written document, book.» The Old English form of beech is bēce, from Germanic *bōk-jōn, «beech tree,» because the early Germanic peoples used strips of beech wood to write on. A similar semantic development occurred in Latin. The Latin word for book is liber, whence library. Liber, however, originally meant «bark»—that is, the smooth inner bark of a tree, which the early Romans likewise used to write on.

book²

(bo͝ok)

intr.v. booked, book·ing, books

Informal To move or travel rapidly: We booked along at a nice clip.

[Perhaps shortening and alteration (influenced by book) of boogie.]

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book

(bʊk)

1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a number of printed or written pages bound together along one edge and usually protected by thick paper or stiff pasteboard covers. See also hardback, paperback

a. a written work or composition, such as a novel, technical manual, or dictionary

b. (as modifier): the book trade; book reviews.

c. (in combination): bookseller; bookshop; bookshelf; bookrack.

3. a number of blank or ruled sheets of paper bound together, used to record lessons, keep accounts, etc

4. (Accounting & Book-keeping) (plural) a record of the transactions of a business or society

5. (Theatre) the script of a play or the libretto of an opera, musical, etc

6. (Bible) a major division of a written composition, as of a long novel or of the Bible

7. a number of tickets, sheets, stamps, etc, fastened together along one edge

8. (Horse Racing) bookmaking a record of the bets made on a horse race or other event

9. (Card Games) (in card games) the number of tricks that must be taken by a side or player before any trick has a scoring value: in bridge, six of the 13 tricks form the book.

10. strict or rigid regulations, rules, or standards (esp in the phrases according to the book, by the book)

11. a source of knowledge or authority: the book of life.

12. a telephone directory (in the phrase in the book)

13. (Bible) the book (sometimes capital) the Bible

14. an open book a person or subject that is thoroughly understood

15. a closed book a person or subject that is unknown or beyond comprehension: chemistry is a closed book to him.

16. bring to book to reprimand or require (someone) to give an explanation of his conduct

17. close the book on to bring to a definite end: we have closed the book on apartheid.

18. (Accounting & Book-keeping) close the books accounting to balance accounts in order to prepare a statement or report

19. cook the books informal to make fraudulent alterations to business or other accounts

20. in my book according to my view of things

21. in someone’s bad books regarded by someone with disfavour

22. in someone’s good books regarded by someone with favour

23. (Accounting & Book-keeping) keep the books to keep written records of the finances of a business or other enterprise

24. on the books

a. enrolled as a member

b. registered or recorded

25. read someone like a book to understand a person, or his motives, character, etc, thoroughly and clearly

26. throw the book at

a. to charge with every relevant offence

b. to inflict the most severe punishment on

27. to reserve (a place, passage, etc) or engage the services of (a performer, driver, etc) in advance: to book a flight; to book a band.

28. (tr) to take the name and address of (a person guilty of a minor offence) with a view to bringing a prosecution: he was booked for ignoring a traffic signal.

29. (Soccer) (tr) (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

30. (tr) archaic to record in a book

[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)]

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book

(bʊk)

1. a long written or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usu. on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers: a book of poems; a book of short stories.

2. such a literary work in any format: Do you like listening to books on tape?

3. a number of sheets of blank or ruled paper bound together for writing, recording business transactions, etc.

4. a division of a literary work, esp. one of the larger divisions.

5. the Book, the Bible.

6. the book,

a. a set of rules, conventions, or standards: to go according to the book; to know every trick in the book.

b. the telephone book.

7. the text or libretto of an opera, operetta, or musical.

8. books, the financial records of a business, institution, etc.

9. a script or story for a play.

10. the number of tricks that must be taken before any trick counts in the score of a card game.

11. a set or packet of tickets, checks, stamps, matches, etc., bound together like a book.

12. anything that serves for the recording of facts or events: The petrified tree was a book of nature.

13. gathered information and recommended strategy regarding a task, problem, opponent, etc., as in sports.

14. a pile or package of leaves, as of tobacco.

v.t.

16. to enter in a book or list; record; register.

17. to reserve or make a reservation for (a hotel room, passage on a ship, etc.).

18. to register or list (a person) for a place, transportation, appointment, etc.: The travel agent booked us on the next cruise.

19. to engage for one or more performances.

20. to enter a charge against (an arrested person) on a police register.

v.i.

21. to register one’s name.

22. to engage a place, services, etc.: Book early if you want a good table.

23. book in (or out), to sign in (or out), as at a job.

24. book up, to sell or buy out, fill up, or the like: Baseball fans have booked up the hotel for a week.

adj.

25. pertaining to or dealing with books: the book department; a book salesman.

26. derived or learned entirely from books: book knowledge.

27. shown on a company’s books: The firm’s book profit was $53,680.

Idioms:

1. bring to book, to bring to justice.

2. by the book, according to the correct or established form.

3. in one’s book, according to one’s personal judgment.

4. make book,

a. to take bets and give odds.

b. to wager; bet.

5. off the books, without being part of an official payroll, income report, etc.

6. one for the book(s), a noteworthy incident; something extraordinary.

7. throw the book at, Informal. to punish severely.

[before 900; Middle English, Old English bōc; c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old Norse bōk, Old High German buoh]

Book

collection of tablets, sheets of paper, or similar material strung or bound together.

Examples: book of beauty, 1595; of bitter passion, 1532; of gold leaf [separated by vellum leaves]; of knowledge, 1667; of love, 1592; of nature, 1830; of precepts, 1380; of scorn, 1847; of silk [bundle of skeins of raw silk].

book

Past participle: booked
Gerund: booking

Imperative
book
book

Present
I book
you book
he/she/it books
we book
you book
they book

Preterite
I booked
you booked
he/she/it booked
we booked
you booked
they booked

Present Continuous
I am booking
you are booking
he/she/it is booking
we are booking
you are booking
they are booking

Present Perfect
I have booked
you have booked
he/she/it has booked
we have booked
you have booked
they have booked

Past Continuous
I was booking
you were booking
he/she/it was booking
we were booking
you were booking
they were booking

Past Perfect
I had booked
you had booked
he/she/it had booked
we had booked
you had booked
they had booked

Future
I will book
you will book
he/she/it will book
we will book
you will book
they will book

Future Perfect
I will have booked
you will have booked
he/she/it will have booked
we will have booked
you will have booked
they will have booked

Future Continuous
I will be booking
you will be booking
he/she/it will be booking
we will be booking
you will be booking
they will be booking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been booking
you have been booking
he/she/it has been booking
we have been booking
you have been booking
they have been booking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been booking
you will have been booking
he/she/it will have been booking
we will have been booking
you will have been booking
they will have been booking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been booking
you had been booking
he/she/it had been booking
we had been booking
you had been booking
they had been booking

Conditional
I would book
you would book
he/she/it would book
we would book
you would book
they would book

Past Conditional
I would have booked
you would have booked
he/she/it would have booked
we would have booked
you would have booked
they would have booked

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Noun	1.	book — a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); «I am reading a good book on economics» signature — a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book running head, running headline — a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book authority — an authoritative written work; «this book is the final authority on the life of Milton» curiosa — books on strange or unusual subjects (especially erotica) formulary, pharmacopeia — (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation; «postexposure prophylaxis is an integral part of the pharmacopeia in preventing severe disease after acute infections» trade book, trade edition — a book intended for general readership bestiary — a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals catechism — an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers pop-up, pop-up book — a book (usually for children) that contains one or more pages such that a three-dimensional structure rises up when a page is opened storybook — a book containing a collection of stories (usually for children) tome — a (usually) large and scholarly book booklet, brochure, folder, pamphlet, leaflet — a small book usually having a paper cover school text, schoolbook, text edition, textbook, text — a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; «his economics textbook is in its tenth edition»; «the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy» workbook — a student’s book or booklet containing problems with spaces for solving them copybook — a book containing models of good penmanship; used in teaching penmanship appointment book, appointment calendar — a book containing a calendar and space to keep a record of appointments catalog, catalogue — a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things; «he found it in the Sears catalog» phrase book — a book containing common expressions in a foreign language along with their translations playbook — a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays; «the 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene» prayer book, prayerbook — a book containing prayers book of facts, reference book, reference work, reference — a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; «he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic» review copy — a copy of a newly published book that is sent for review to a writer or periodical songbook — a book containing a collection of songs publication — a copy of a printed work offered for distribution yearbook — a book published annually by the graduating class of a high school or college usually containing photographs of faculty and graduating students
	2.	book — physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; «he used a large book as a doorstop» volume album — a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc book binding, cover, binding, back — the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; «the book had a leather binding» coffee-table book — an elaborate oversize book suitable for displaying on a coffee table folio — a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages; «the first folio of Shakespeare’s plays» fore edge, foredge — the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved; the part opposite the spine hardback, hardcover — a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers journal — a record book as a physical object novel — a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction; «his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels»; «he burned all the novels» order book — a book in which customers’ orders are entered; usually makes multiple copies of the order paperback, paperback book, paper-back book, softback, softback book, soft-cover, soft-cover book — a book with paper covers picture book — a book consisting chiefly of pictures product, production — an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; «they improve their product every year»; «they export most of their agricultural production» sketch block, sketch pad, sketchbook — a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn backbone, spine — the part of a book’s cover that encloses the inner side of the book’s pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved; «the title and author were printed on the spine of the book» notebook — a book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda
	3.	book — a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; «Al Smith used to say, `Let’s look at the record'»; «his name is in all the record books» record book, record logbook — a book in which the log is written won-lost record — (sports) a record of win versus losses scorecard, card — (golf) a record of scores (as in golf); «you have to turn in your card to get a handicap» fact — a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; «he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts»
	4.	book — a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance playscript, script dramatic composition, dramatic work — a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc. prompt copy, promptbook — the copy of the playscript used by the prompter continuity — a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot dialog, dialogue — the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction libretto — the words of an opera or musical play scenario — an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work) screenplay — a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets shooting script — the final detailed script for making a movie or TV program
	5.	book — a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; «they got a subpoena to examine our books» account book, book of account, ledger, leger record — a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; «they could find no record of the purchase» cost ledger — ledger showing the accumulated costs classified in various ways general ledger — the ledger that contains all of the financial accounts of a business; contains offsetting debit and credit accounts (including control accounts) subsidiary ledger — details of an account supporting the amount stated in the general ledger daybook, journal — a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred accounting system, method of accounting, accounting — a bookkeeper’s chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts
	6.	book — a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game card game, cards — a game played with playing cards aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage — several things grouped together or considered as a whole
	7.	book — a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; «they run things by the book around here» rule book prescript, rule — prescribed guide for conduct or action rule — directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted; «he knew the rules of chess» aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage — several things grouped together or considered as a whole
	8.	Book — the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina al-Qur’an, Koran, Quran sura — one of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran; «the Quran is divided in 114 suras»
	9.	Book — the sacred writings of the Christian religions; «he went to carry the Word to the heathen» Bible, Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Word religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing — writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity family Bible — a large Bible with pages to record marriages and births Old Testament — the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible Testament — either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible New Testament — the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ’s death; the second half of the Christian Bible covenant — (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return eisegesis — personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas exegesis — an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible) text — a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon; «the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon» Gabriel — (Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, Noah’s flood, the Flood — (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings demythologise, demythologize — remove the mythical element from (writings); «the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value»
	10.	book — a major division of a long written composition; «the book of Isaiah» text, textual matter — the words of something written; «there were more than a thousand words of text»; «they handed out the printed text of the mayor’s speech»; «he wants to reconstruct the original text» section, subdivision — a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); «he always turns first to the business section»; «the history of this work is discussed in the next section» Epistle — a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle
	11.	book — a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge; «he bought a book of stamps» product, production — an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; «they improve their product every year»; «they export most of their agricultural production»
Verb	1.	book — engage for a performance; «Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo» schedule — plan for an activity or event; «I’ve scheduled a concert next week»
	2.	book — arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; «reserve me a seat on a flight»; «The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family»; «please hold a table at Maxim’s» reserve, hold call for, request, bespeak, quest — express the need or desire for; ask for; «She requested an extra bed in her room»; «She called for room service» reserve — obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance; «We managed to reserve a table at Maxim’s» hold open, keep open, save, keep — retain rights to; «keep my job for me while I give birth»; «keep my seat, please»; «keep open the possibility of a merger»
	3.	book — record a charge in a police register; «The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man» record, enter, put down — make a record of; set down in permanent form fine, ticket — issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; «I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street»; «Move your car or else you will be ticketed!»
	4.	book — register in a hotel booker register — record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions

book

noun

1. work, title, guide, volume, publication, companion, manual, paperback, textbook, tract, hardback, tome, treatise a book about witches

2. notebook, album, journal, diary, pad, record book, Filofax (trademark), notepad, exercise book, jotter, memorandum book I had several names in my little black book that I called regularly.

verb

2. charge They took him to the police station and booked him for assault.

book in register, enter, enrol He was happy to book in at the Royal Pavilion Hotel.

Quotations
«A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life» [John Milton Areopagitica]
«All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time» [John Ruskin Sesame and Lilies]
«There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written» [Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray]
«Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash» [Vladimir Nabokov]
«All books are either dreams or swords,»
«You can cut, or you can drug, with words» [Amy Lowell Sword Blades and Poppy Seeds]
«Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested» [Francis Bacon Essays]
«The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries» [René Descartes Discourse on Method]
«All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened» [Ernest Hemingway]
«Books succeed,»
«And lives fail» [Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aurora Leigh]
«Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren’t» [Julian Barnes Flaubert’s Parrot]
«Even bad books are books and therefore sacred» [Günter Grass The Tin Drum]

Books

Types of book album, almanac, anatomy, annual, anthology, armorial, A to Z, atlas, autobiography, Baedeker, bestiary, bibelot, Bible, biography, breviary, brochure, casebook, catalogue, catechism, coffee-table book, comic book, commonplace book, companion, compendium, concordance, confessional, cookery book, copybook, diary, dictionary, directory, dispensatory, encyclopedia or encyclopaedia, exercise book, formulary, gazetteer, gradus, grammar, graphic novel, grimoire, guidebook, handbook, hymn book, jotter, journal, lectionary, ledger, lexicon, log or logbook, manual, miscellany, missal, monograph, notebook, novel, novelette, novella, ordinal, peerage, pharmacopoeia, phrase book, prayer book, primer, prospectus, psalter, reader, reference book, register, road book, score, scrapbook, service book, sketchbook, song book, speller, statute book, storybook, telephone directory, textbook, thesaurus, vade mecum, who’s who, wordbook, workbook, yearbook

Parts of a book acknowledgments, addendum, afterword, appendix, back, back matter, bibliography, binding, blurb, chapter, contents, corrigenda, cover, dedication, dust jacket or cover, endpaper, epigraph, epilogue, errata, flyleaf, folio, fore-edge, foreword, frontispiece, front matter, glossary, gutter, half-title, illustration, index, interleaf, introduction, leaf, margin, page, plate, postscript, preface, prelims, proem, prolegomenon, prologue, recto, rubric, running head, slipcase, spine, tail, title page, verso, wrapper

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

book

noun

A printed and bound work:

verb

1. To register in or as if in a book:

2. To cause to be set aside, as for one’s use, in advance:

Translations

يَحْجِزُيَسْتَأْجِرُ سَلَفـادَفْتَر تَسْجيل المُراهَناتكتابكِتَاب

запазвамкнига

kniharezervovatzarezervovatsešitúhrn sázek

bogreserverespilleregnskabbookekøbe/bestille billet

librorezervi

raamat

kirjakirjanpitokirjatalibrettosähköinen kirja

knjigapredbilježitirezerviratibukirati

könyvelõjegyez

bukukitabpesan

bókbóka, pantataka fráveîmálaskrá

本予約する

예약하다책

codexliber

knygaknygrišybaknygrišysknygų graužikasknygų lentyna

grāmataiepriekš pasūtīt/nopirktpasūtīt iepriekšsējumsburtnīca

carte

knihastávky

knjigarazprodanrezerviratizasedenalbum

bokbokabokförabokföringhäfte

kitabu

จองหนังสือ

kitapmüşterek bahis kayıt defterireservasyontutmakyer ayırma

sáchsổtậpđặt chỗphạt

book

[bʊk]

B. VT

2. (= arrange) [+ appointment, time] → pedir
I’ve booked an appointment with the dentist → he pedido hora con el dentista
can we book a time to meet soon? → ¿podemos quedar un día de éstos?

3. (= engage) [+ performer, artiste] → contratar

5. (= note down) [+ order] → anotar

book in (Brit)

book up VT + ADV (esp Brit)

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

book

vi → bestellen; (= reserve seat, room also) → buchen; to book through to Hull → bis Hull durchlösen

book

book claim

n (Fin) → Buchforderung f, → buchmäßige Forderung

book

book knowledge, book-learning

book

bookmaking

n → Buchmacherei f; book firm → Buchmacherfirma f

bookmobile

n (US) → Fahrbücherei f

book post

n → Büchersendung f; to send something by book → etw als Büchersendung schicken; book is … → Büchersendungen sind …

bookshop (esp Brit), bookstore (US)

bookstall

n → Bücherstand m

bookstand

n (US)

(= bookstall: in station, airport) → Bücherstand m; to hit the books → in die Buchläden kommen

book

book token

n → Buchgutschein m

book value

n (Fin) → Buchwert m, → Bilanzwert m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

book

[bʊk]

3. vi (see vt a) → prenotare; (prendere il biglietto)

book in

2. vt + adv (person) → prenotare (una camera) per

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

book

(buk) noun

1. a number of sheets of paper (especially printed) bound together. an exercise book.

2. a piece of writing, bound and covered. I’ve written a book on Shakespeare.

3. a record of bets.

verb

1. to buy or reserve (a ticket, seat etc) for a play etc. I’ve booked four seats for Friday’s concert.

2. to hire in advance. We’ve booked the hall for Saturday.

ˈbookable adjective

able to be reserved in advance. Are these seats bookable?

ˈbooking noun

a reservation.

ˈbooklet (-lit) noun

a small, thin book. a booklet about the history of the town.

ˈbookbinding noun

putting the covers on books.

ˈbookbinder nounˈbookcase noun

a set of shelves for books.

ˈbooking-office noun

an office where travel tickets etc are sold. a queue at the station booking-office.

ˈbookmaker noun

a professional betting man who takes bets and pays winnings.

ˈbookmark noun

something put in a book to mark a particular page.

ˈbookseller noun

a person who sells books.

ˈbookshelf noun

a shelf on which books are kept.

ˈbookshop noun

a shop which sells books.

ˈbookworm noun

a person who reads a lot.

booked up

having every ticket sold. The theatre is booked up for the season.

book in

to sign one’s name on the list of guests at an hotel etc. We have booked in at the Royal Hotel.

by the book

strictly according to the rules. She always does things by the book.

book

→ كِتَاب, يَحْجِزُ kniha, rezervovat bog, booke Buch, buchen βιβλίο, κάνω κράτηση libro, reservar kirja, varata livre, réserver knjiga, rezervirati libro, prenotare 予約する, 本 예약하다, 책 boek, boeken bestille, bok książka, zarezerwować livro, reservar бронировать, книга bok, boka จอง, หนังสือ kitap, yer ayırtmak đặt chỗ, sách 书, 预订

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

A book of tickets, please
I want to reserve a sleeper to … (US)
I want to book a sleeper to … (UK)
I want to reserve a seat in a non-smoking compartment (US)
I want to book a seat in a non-smoking compartment (UK)
I’d like to reserve a single room (US)
I’d like to book a single room (UK)
I’d like to reserve a double room (US)
I’d like to book a double room (UK)
I’d like to reserve a family room (US)
I’d like to book a family room (UK)
Do you have a guide book in English?
Do you have a guide book in …?
Could you reserve the tickets for us? (US)
Can you book the tickets for us? (UK)
Do I need to reserve in advance? (US)
Do I need to book in advance? (UK)
Could you make a hotel reservation for me? (US)
Can you book me into a hotel? (UK)
Where can I reserve a court? (US)
Where can I book a court? (UK)
I’d like to reserve a table for three people for tonight (US)
I’d like to book a table for three people for tonight (UK)
I’d like to reserve a table for two people for tomorrow night (US)
I’d like to book a table for two people for tomorrow night (UK)
I’d like to reserve a table for four people for tonight at eight o’clock (US)
I’d like to book a table for four people for tonight at eight o’clock (UK)

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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]

A hard-cover book.

The coat of arms of Oxford (like several other universities) depicts a book.

book (plural books)

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.
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.”
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
(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.
(informal) A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant.
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
(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.
(usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.

Synonyms: account, record
(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).
(whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
(poker slang) Four of a kind.^[2]
(sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
(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.
(cartomancy) The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
(figurative) Any source of instruction.
(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.
(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.
(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]

address book
audiobook
back of the book
book account
book agent
book-answerer
book award
book-bearer
bookbinder
book-board
book-bosomed
book-bound
book-boy
book-burning
bookcase
book-cloth
book club
book canvasser
book concern
book-crab
book-credit
book-debt
book-edge gilder
book-edge marbler
book end
bookend
bookery
booketeria
book-farmer
book-folder
book-form
bookful
book-ghoul
book-gill
book hand
book-holder
bookhood
bookhouse
book-hunt
bookie
bookish
bookism
bookjacket
bookkeeper
bookkeeping
book-label
book-lare
book launch
book-law
book-lear
book-learned
book-learning
book-length
bookless
booklet
booklike
bookling
booklore
booklouse
booklover
book lover
book lung
bookly
bookmaker
bookmaking
bookman
bookmark
bookmarker
book match
book-mate
book-mindedness
book mite
bookmobile
book-muslin
book name
book-number
book-oath
book of condolence
book of first entry
Book of God
book of lading
book of life
book of original entry
book of rates
book of reference
Book of the Dead
book of the film
book of the living
book of words
book-packet
book piles
bookplate
book pocket
book-post
book-postage
book-press
book price
book prop
book-rate
book-read
bookrest
bookroom
book-scorpion
bookseller
bookselling
bookshelf
bookshop
book-shy
booksie
book-slide
book-society
book-stack
bookstaff
bookstall
book-stamp
bookstand
bookstore
book support
booksy
book-table
book token
book trade
book-tray
book-trough
book type
book value
bookwards
book-ways
bookwise
bookwork
book-world
bookworm
book-wright
booky
bring to book
burn book
by-book
by the book
casebook
cashbook
checkbook
chequebook
cheque book
closed book
close the books
coffee table book
coffee-table book
comic book
cookbook
cookery book
cook the books
copybook
coursebook
e-book
emblem book
exercise book
forebook
fuck book
Good Book
guest book
guidebook
handbook
hold the book
hornbook
hymn book
in anyone’s book
in my book
in someone’s bad books
in someone’s good books
in the books
keep the book
know like a book
logbook
make book
matchbook
notebook
off the books
on the book
on the books
open book
passbook
pattern book
pension book
phrasebook
pocketbook
prayer book
ration book
read like a book
reading book
record book
reference book
rough book
runbook
scrapbook
sketch book
spellbook
songbook
storybook
suit one’s book
take a leaf out of someone’s book
talk like a book
textbook
throw the book at
visitors’ book
without book
Wizard Book
wordbook
workbook
yearbook
ABC book
absey book
absey-book
account book
activity book
airport book
alphabet book
American comic book
audio book
audio-book
autograph book
baby book
bath book
birthday book
block book
blot one’s copy book
blue book
blue book exam
board book
book bin
book burning
book deal
book debt
book drop
book dumping
book entry
book fair
book in
book it
book keeping
book knowledge
book learning
book lore
book muslin
book number
book of business
book of hours
book of nature
book of prime entry
book of shadows
book report
book return
book scorpion
book shop
book signing
book smart
book steak
book store
book tour
book up
book word
book worm
book-burner
book-keep
book-keeper
book-keeping
book-knowledge
book-lore
book-lung
book-ridden
book-signing
book-smart
book-teaching
book-token
book-wise
book-word
brag book
by-the-book
case book
case-book
chapter book
close the book on
closed-book
coloring book
colouring book
commonplace book
commonplace-book
composition book
cook book
cost-book
crack a book
day book
death book
don’t judge a book by its cover
Dutch book
e-book reader
edited book
electronic book
every trick in the book
fake book
field book
field-book
flip book
form book
friendship book
funny book
good book
guard book
guide book
have more chins than a Chinese phone book
history book
hymn-book
in one’s book
joke book
kiss the book
know every trick in the book
little black book
log book
log-book
look book
look-out book
mag book
make a book
mug book
murder book
never judge a book by its cover
note book
off book
off-book
open book decomposition
open-book
open-book contract
order book
out of book
paper book
phone book
phrase book
phrase-book
picture book
pocket book
pocket-book
poll book
rag book
read like an open book
recipe book
red book
regie-book
rhyme book
rime book
rip a page out of someone’s book
rough-book
rule book
rule-book
run book
school book
scrap book
slam book
song book
splat book
squawk book
statute book
sticker book
stroke book
stud book
stud-book
take a page out of someone’s book
talking book
telephone book
text-book
the oldest trick in the book
time-book
toilet book
trade book
travel book
turn up for the book
turn-up for the book
visitor’s book
why buy a book when you can join a library
why buy a book when you can join the library
winter book
write the book
yardage book
year-book
you can’t judge a book by its cover
you can’t tell a book by its cover

Descendants[edit]

Sranan Tongo: buku
Tok Pisin: buk
- → Rotokas: vuku
→ Chichewa: buku
→ Hawaiian: puke
→ Malagasy: boky
→ Maori: pukapuka (with reduplication)
→ Marshallese: bok
→ Motu: buka
→ Malagasy: boky
→ Shona: bhuku
→ Somali: buugga
→ Sotho: buka (possibly also from Afrikaans boek)
→ Zulu: ibhuku (possibly also from Afrikaans boek)

Translations[edit]

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)

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

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

Synonyms: bomb, hurtle, rocket, speed, shoot, whiz
To record bets as bookmaker.
(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.
(intransitive, slang) To leave.

He was here earlier, but he booked.

Derived terms[edit]

block-book
bookable
booking
double-book
overbook
rebook
unbook
underbook

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

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

References[edit]

^ “Book” in John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1791, →OCLC, page 118, column 2.
^ Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN

Anagrams[edit]

Boko, Koob, boko, bòkò, kobo

Chinese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]