book
1. a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together) (Freq. 46)
- I am reading a good book on economics
• Derivationally related forms:
booklet
• Hypernyms:
publication
• Hyponyms:
authority, curiosa, formulary, pharmacopeia, trade book,
trade edition, bestiary, catechism, pop-up book, pop-up, storybook,
tome, booklet, brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet,
textbook, text, text edition, schoolbook, school text, workbook,
copybook, appointment book, appointment calendar, catalog, catalogue, phrase book,
playbook, prayer book, prayerbook, reference book, reference, reference work,
book of facts, review copy, songbook, yearbook
• Instance Hyponyms:
Das Kapital, Capital, Erewhon, Utopia
• Part Meronyms:
signature, running head, running headline
2. physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together (Freq. 10)
- he used a large book as a doorstop
• Syn:
volume
• Derivationally related forms:
booklet
• Hypernyms:
product, production
• Hyponyms:
album, coffee-table book, folio, hardback, hardcover,
journal, novel, order book, paperback book, paper-back book, paperback,
softback book, softback, soft-cover book, soft-cover, picture book, sketchbook,
sketch block, sketch pad, notebook
• Part Meronyms:
binding, book binding, cover, back, fore edge,
foredge, spine, backbone
3. a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone (Freq. 2)
- Al Smith used to say, 'Let's look at the record'
- his name is in all the record books
• Syn:
record, record book
• Hypernyms:
fact
• Hyponyms:
logbook, won-lost record, card, scorecard
4. a written version of a play or other dramatic composition;
used in preparing for a performance (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
script, playscript
• Derivationally related forms:
booklet, script (for: script)
• Hypernyms:
dramatic composition, dramatic work
• Hyponyms:
promptbook, prompt copy, continuity, dialogue, dialog,
libretto, scenario, screenplay, shooting script
5. a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
- they got a subpoena to examine our books
• Syn:
ledger, leger, account book, book of account
• Hypernyms:
record
• Hyponyms:
cost ledger, general ledger, subsidiary ledger, daybook, journal
• Member Meronyms:
accounting, accounting system, method of accounting
6. a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game
• Topics:
card game, cards
• Hypernyms:
collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
7. a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made
- they run things by the book around here
• Syn:
rule book
• Hypernyms:
collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
• Part Meronyms:
rule, prescript
8. a major division of a long written composition
- the book of Isaiah
• Hypernyms:
section, subdivision
• Hyponyms:
Epistle
• Instance Hyponyms:
Genesis, Book of Genesis, Exodus, Book of Exodus, Leviticus,
Book of Leviticus, Numbers, Book of Numbers, Deuteronomy, Book of Deuteronomy, Joshua,
Josue, Book of Joshua, Judges, Book of Judges, Ruth, Book of Ruth,
I Samuel, 1 Samuel, II Samuel, 2 Samuel, I Kings, 1 Kings,
II Kings, 2 Kings, I Chronicles, 1 Chronicles, II Chronicles, 2 Chronicles,
Ezra, Book of Ezra, Nehemiah, Book of Nehemiah, Esther, Book of Esther,
Job, Book of Job, Psalms, Book of Psalms, Proverbs, Book of Proverbs,
Ecclesiastes, Book of Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Song of Solomon, Canticle of Canticles, Canticles,
Isaiah, Book of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Book of Jeremiah, Lamentations, Book of Lamentations,
Ezekiel, Ezechiel, Book of Ezekiel, Daniel, Book of Daniel, Book of the Prophet Daniel,
Hosea, Book of Hosea, Joel, Book of Joel, Amos, Book of Amos,
Obadiah, Abdias, Book of Obadiah, Jonah, Book of Jonah, Micah,
Micheas, Book of Micah, Nahum, Book of Nahum, Habakkuk, Habacuc,
Book of Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Sophonias, Book of Zephaniah, Haggai, Aggeus,
Book of Haggai, Zechariah, Zacharias, Book of Zachariah, Malachi, Malachias,
Book of Malachi, Matthew, Gospel According to Matthew, Mark, Gospel According to Mark, Luke,
Gospel of Luke, Gospel According to Luke, John, Gospel According to John, Acts of the Apostles, Acts,
Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Apocalypse, Book of Revelation, Additions to Esther, Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children,
Susanna, Book of Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, Baruch, Book of Baruch, Letter of Jeremiah,
Epistle of Jeremiah, Tobit, Book of Tobit, Judith, Book of Judith, I Esdra,
1 Esdras, II Esdras, 2 Esdras, Ben Sira, Sirach, Ecclesiasticus,
Ecclesiasticus, Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom, I Maccabees, 1 Maccabees,
II Maccabees, 2 Maccabees
• Part Holonyms:
text, textual matter
9. a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge
- he bought a book of stamps
• Hypernyms:
product, production
1. engage for a performance (Freq. 3)
- Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo
• Derivationally related forms:
booker, booking
• Hypernyms:
schedule
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Syn:
reserve, hold
• Derivationally related forms:
bookable, booking, reservation (for: reserve)
• Hypernyms:
request, bespeak, call for, quest
• Hyponyms:
keep open, hold open, keep, save
• Verb Group:
reserve
• Entailment:
procure, secure
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. record a charge in a police register (Freq. 1)
- The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man
• Hypernyms:
record, enter, put down
• Hyponyms:
ticket, fine
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
4. register in a hotel booker
• Derivationally related forms:
bookable, booking
• Hypernyms:
register
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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