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book
has definitions from the fields of writing,accounting,fine art,law,religion,Bible,Islam
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[ noun ] (writing) a copy of a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
Examples "I am reading a good book on economics" Used in print (The New York Times,...)If there had been , he would have found a loophole , because Arnold is one golfer who knows the code as thoroughly as the man who wrote the book . (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)But the one that upset the financially wise was the professional dancer who related in a book how he parlayed his earnings into a $ 2000000 profit on the stock_market . Investors breathed more freely when it was learned that this acrobatic dancer had turned magician and was only doing a best_seller book to make some dough . If Daddy 's books are out_of_bounds his own picture_books are not . ("Editorials"...)A British writer , Richard_Haestier , in a book , Dead_Men_Tell_Tales , recalls that in the turmoil preceding French_Revolution the body of Henry_/4 , , who had died nearly 180 years earlier , was torn to pieces by a mob . |
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[ noun ] (books as a physical objects) a number of pages bound together
Synonyms Examples "he used a large book as a doorstop" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)`` That permitted us to start controlling the ball right_away '' , said Stram , quipping , `` I think I 'll put that play in the book '' . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)They crowded the small room and peered over one another 's shoulders to watch the handless man write his name in the book . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)He must mentally pull the blinds and close the window , so that all that existed was in the books before him . (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)`` Although it is not the best of which he is capable '' , said Shelley as he closed the book , `` it is still poetry of a high order '' . (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)Everywhere else his ideas lay or hung in visible form : his models , drawings , ten foot canvases in monochromes from his painting days , and underfoot a windfall of broken-backed books that looked as_though their insides had been ransacked by a maniac . |
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[ verb ] engage for a performance
Examples "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Allied_Arts had booked Marlene_Dietrich into McCormick_Place Dec. 8 and 9 . The Kirov_Ballet is firmly booked into the Shrine_Auditorium , Los_Angeles , Nov. 21 thru Dec. 4 . Well , Allied_Arts has booked Lena_Horne there for a week starting Dec. 4 . |
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[ noun ] a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
Synonyms Examples "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'" "his name is in all the recordbooks" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)The opinion continues here that with a 162 - game schedule , pitching spread thin through a 10 - team league and a most inviting target in Los_Angeles ' Wrigley_Field_Jr. , Mantle just might break the most glamorous record on the books , Babe_Ruth 's 60 homers of 1927 . Related terms |
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[ verb ] arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
Examples "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" Used in print (The Miami Herald...)Andy_Bartha and his trio have booked into Oceania_Lounge . |
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[ noun ] (writing) a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
Synonyms Used in print (The Providence Journal...)But the book is written around a somewhat dizzy cartoonist , and it has to be that way . |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4833
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[ noun ] (accounting) a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
Synonyms Examples "they got a subpoena to examine our books" Related terms record general_ledger subsidiary_ledger daybook cost_ledger accounting |
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[ noun ] (fine art,writing) a major division of a long written composition
Examples "the book of Isaiah" Related terms section Exodus Joshua Leviticus Numbers Esther Mark Judges Ruth Jeremiah Jonah Job book_of_proverbs epistle_of_james canticle_of_canticles Luke John Acts Revelation i_samuel ii_samuel 1_kings 2_kings 1_chronicles 2_chronicles book_of_ezra book_of_nehemiah book_of_psalms first_epistle_of_peter book_of_ecclesiastes ii_peter book_of_isaiah book_of_lamentations book_of_ezekiel book_of_daniel book_of_hosea book_of_joel amos abdias book_of_micah book_of_nahum book_of_habakkuk book_of_zephaniah aggeus book_of_zachariah book_of_malachi epistle_of_paul_the_apostle_to_the_romans first_epistle_of_paul_the_apostle_to_the_corinthians ii_corinthians epistle_of_paul_the_apostle_to_the_galatians ephesians epistle_of_paul_the_apostle_to_the_philippians colossians first_epistle_of_paul_the_apostle_to_the_thessalonians ii_thessalonians first_epistle_of_paul_the_apostle_to_timothy ii_timothy epistle_of_paul_the_apostle_to_titus epistle_of_paul_the_apostle_to_philemon epistle_to_the_hebrews Matthew Deuteronomy Genesis first_epistle_of_john ii_john iii_john epistle_of_jude additions_to_esther prayer_of_azariah_and_song_of_the_three_children book_of_susanna bel_and_the_dragon baruch epistle_of_jeremiah book_of_tobit book_of_judith 1_esdras 2_esdras ben_sira wisdom 1_maccabees 2_maccabees text |
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[ noun ] (religion,Bible,writing) the sacred writings of the Christian religion
Examples "he went to carry the Word to the heathen" |
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[ noun ] a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made
Synonyms Examples "they run things by the book around here" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (religion,writing,Islam) sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Mohammed during his life at Mecca and Medina; divided into 114 chapters
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[ noun ] a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge
Examples "he bought a book of stamps" Related terms |
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