Definitions for book
bʊkbook

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.8 / 4 votes

1. booknoun

   a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

   "I am reading a good book on economics"

2. book, volumenoun

   physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together

   "he used a large book as a doorstop"

3. record, record book, booknoun

   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"

4. script, book, playscriptnoun

   a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance

5. ledger, leger, account book, book of account, booknoun

   a record in which commercial accounts are recorded

   "they got a subpoena to examine our books"

6. booknoun

   a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game

7. book, rule booknoun

   a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made

   "they run things by the book around here"

8. Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an, Booknoun

   the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina

9. Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Wordnoun

   the sacred writings of the Christian religions

   "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"

10. booknoun

    a major division of a long written composition

    "the book of Isaiah"

11. bookverb

    a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge

    "he bought a book of stamps"

12. bookverb

    engage for a performance

    "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo"

13. reserve, hold, bookverb

    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"

14. bookverb

    record a charge in a police register

    "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man"

15. bookverb

    register in a hotel booker

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BOOKnoun

   Etymology: boc, Sax. supposed from boc, a beech; because they wrote on beechen boards, as liber in Latin, from the rind of a tree.

   1. A volume in which we read or write.

   See a book of prayer in his hand;
   True ornaments to know a holy man. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

   Receive the sentence of the law for sins,
   Such as by God’s book are adjudg’d to death. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   But in the coffin that had the books, they were found as fresh as if they had been but newly written; being written on parchment, and covered over with watch candles of wax. Francis Bacon.

   Books are a sort of dumb teachers; they cannot answer sudden questions, or explain present doubts: this is properly the work of a living instructor. Isaac Watts.

   2. A particular part of a work.

   The first book we divide into sections; whereof the first is these chapters past. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

   3. The register in which a trader keeps an account of his debts.

   This life
   Is nobler than attending for a check;
   Prouder, than rustling in unpaid for silk:
   Such gain the cap of him that makes them fine,
   Yet keeps his book uncross’d. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   4. In books. In kind remembrance.

   I was so much in his books, that, at his decease, he left me the lamp by which he used to write his lucubrations. Addison.

   5. Without book. By memory; by repetition; without reading.

   Sermons read they abhor in the church; but sermons without book, sermons which spend their life in their birth, and may have publick audience but once. Richard Hooker, b. v. § 21.

2. To Bookverb

   To register in a book.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   I beseech your grace, let it be booked with the rest of this day’s deeds; or I will have it in a particular ballad else, with mine own picture on the top of it. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.

   He made wilful murder high treason; he caused the marchers to book their men, for whom they should make answer. John Davies, on Ireland.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Book

   A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physical arrangement is codex (plural, codices). In the history of hand-held physical supports for extended written compositions or records, the codex replaces its predecessor, the scroll. A single sheet in a codex is a leaf and each side of a leaf is a page. As an intellectual object, a book is prototypically a composition of such great length that it takes a considerable investment of time to compose and still considered as an investment of time to read. In a restricted sense, a book is a self-sufficient section or part of a longer composition, a usage reflecting that, in antiquity, long works had to be written on several scrolls and each scroll had to be identified by the book it contained. Each part of Aristotle's Physics is called a book. In an unrestricted sense, a book is the compositional whole of which such sections, whether called books or chapters or parts, are parts. The intellectual content in a physical book need not be a composition, nor even be called a book. Books can consist only of drawings, engravings or photographs, crossword puzzles or cut-out dolls. In a physical book, the pages can be left blank or can feature an abstract set of lines to support entries, such as in an account book, an appointment book, an autograph book, a notebook, a diary or a sketchbook. Some physical books are made with pages thick and sturdy enough to support other physical objects, like a scrapbook or photograph album. Books may be distributed in electronic form as ebooks and other formats. Although in ordinary academic parlance a monograph is understood to be a specialist academic work, rather than a reference work on a scholarly subject, in library and information science monograph denotes more broadly any non-serial publication complete in one volume (book) or a finite number of volumes (even a novel like Proust's seven-volume In Search of Lost Time), in contrast to serial publications like a magazine, journal or newspaper. An avid reader or collector of books is a bibliophile or colloquially, "bookworm". A place where books are traded is a bookshop or bookstore. Books are also sold elsewhere and can be borrowed from libraries. Google has estimated that by 2010, approximately 130,000,000 titles had been published. In some wealthier nations, the sale of printed books has decreased because of the increased usage of ebooks.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. book

   A book is a written or printed work consisting of pages bound together and encompassing literary, artistic, or informational content. It serves as a medium for the storage and transmission of knowledge, ideas, stories, or experiences. Books can be fictional or non-fictional, encompass various genres such as novels, poetry, textbooks, reference materials, or self-help books, and are typically published and distributed for public consumption.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. Booknoun

   a collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing

2. Booknoun

   a composition, written or printed; a treatise

3. Booknoun

   a part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of "Paradise Lost."

4. Booknoun

   a volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc

5. Booknoun

   six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set

6. Bookverb

   to enter, write, or register in a book or list

7. Bookverb

   to enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat; as, to be booked for Southampton; to book a seat in a theater

8. Bookverb

   to mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is booked for the valedictory

WikidataRate this definition:2.5 / 4 votes

1. Book

   A book is an award given by many law schools in the United States to the student in each class who achieves the highest grade in that class. Referring to the recipient of a book award, a law school student might say, for example, "X booked Torts." Some law schools have named their awards after distinguished alumnus; the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, awards the American Jurisprudence Award to the highest-scoring student in each class, and the Prosser Prize, named after William Prosser, to the second-highest-scoring. Some schools have allowed donors to sponsor book awards as a method of fundraising.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Book

   book, n. a collection of sheets of paper bound together, either printed, written on, or blank: a literary composition: a division of a volume or subject: the Bible: a betting-book, or record of bets made with different people: (fig.) any source of instruction: the libretto of an opera, &c.: (pl.) formal accounts of transactions, as minutes of meetings, records kept of his business by a merchant.—v.t. to write in a book.—ns. Book′-account′, an account of debt or credit in a book; Book′binder, one who binds books; Book′binding, the art or practice of binding or putting the boards on books; Book′-case, a case with shelves for books; Book′-club, an association of persons who buy new books for circulation among themselves; Book′-debt, a debt for articles charged by the seller in his book-account.—adj. Book′ful, full of information gathered from books.—ns. Book′-hold′er, one who holds the book of the play and prompts the actor in the theatre; Book′-hunt′er, one who rejoices in discovering rare books; Book′ing-of′fice, an office where names are booked or tickets are taken.—adj. Book′ish, fond of books: acquainted only with books.—ns. Book′ishness; Book′-keep′ing, the art of keeping accounts in a regular and systematic manner; Book′-land, land taken from the folcland or common land, and granted by bóc or written charter to a private owner; Book′-learn′ing, learning got from books, as opposed to practical knowledge.—adj. Book′less, without books, unlearned.—ns. Book′let, a small book; Book′-mak′er, one who makes up books from the writings of others, a compiler: one who makes a system of bets in such a way that the gains must exceed the losses, entering them in a memorandum book; Book′-mak′ing, the art or practice of compiling books from the writings of others: compilation: systematic betting; Book′-man, a scholar, student; Book′-mark, something placed in a book to mark a particular page or passage; Book′-mate (Shak.), a mate or companion in the study of books: a schoolfellow; Book′-mus′lin, muslin used in bookbinding; Book′-oath (Shak.), an oath made on the Book or Bible; Book′plate, a label usually pasted inside the cover of a book, bearing the owner's name, crest, coat-of-arms, or peculiar device; Book′-post, the department in the Post-office for the transmission of books; Book′seller, one who sells books; Book′selling; Book′shelf, a shelf on which books are placed; Book′shop, a shop where books are sold; Book′-stall, a stall or stand, generally in the open air, where books are sold; Book′-stand, a book-stall: a stand or support for holding up a book when rea

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. book

   A commercial term for a peculiar packing of muslin, bast, and other stuffs.--Brought to book, made to account.

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1. book

   The book symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the book symbol and its characteristic.

2. BOOK

   What does BOOK stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the BOOK acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BOOK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Book is ranked #5471 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Book surname appeared 6,356 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Book.
   
   93.3% or 5,934 total occurrences were White.
   1.8% or 117 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.7% or 114 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.5% or 98 total occurrences were Black.
   1.1% or 73 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.3% or 20 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'book' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #376

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'book' in Written Corpus Frequency: #429

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'book' in Nouns Frequency: #53

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'book' in Verbs Frequency: #707

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How to pronounce book?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say book in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of book in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of book in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of book in a Sentence

1. Jill Biden:

   Not in my book, i’m all for it, of course.

2. Lauren Tarshis:

   It's been a wonderful surprise that kids of all types are fascinated by history, and they do like fast-paced plots and topics that are gripping, i get thronged by these fabulous little boys who have great ideas about a certain battle or detail in my books. And many of them springboard from my book into further research on their own.

3. Florice Hudgins:

   The cover of the new book is a little off-white because of some stains from the original cover, they paid a lot of attention to detail and it looks nice.

4. Evangeline Lilly:

   I wanted her to move in a way that honored the comic book, which meant she would move in a very elegant, feminine, graceful way, and still look lethal.

5. Sven Sauer:

   I thought the book had a lot of potential.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=book
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=book
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/book
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=book
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=book
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=book
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=book