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Sounds | buh'k |
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Rhymes | brook, Brooke, checkbook, and 38 more rhymes in uhk at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together). |
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Examples | "I am reading a good book on economics" |
Parts | signature; running head, running headline |
Narrower | authority; formulary, pharmacopeia; Utopia; trade book, trade edition; bestiary; catechism; 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; Das Kapital, Capital; yearbook |
Broader | publication |
Meaning | Physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together. |
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Examples | "he used a large book as a doorstop" |
Synonyms | volume |
Parts | binding, book binding, cover, back |
Narrower | 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 |
Broader | product, production |
Meaning | A record in which commercial accounts are recorded. |
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Examples | "they got a subpoena to examine our books" |
Synonyms | ledger, leger, account book, book of account |
Members | accounting, accounting system, method of accounting |
Narrower | cost ledger; general ledger; subsidiary ledger; daybook, journal |
Broader | record |
Meaning | A number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge. |
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Examples | "he bought a book of stamps" |
Broader | product, production |
Meaning | A compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone. |
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Examples | "his name is in all the recordbooks" |
Synonyms | record, record book |
Narrower | logbook; won-lost record; card, scorecard |
Broader | fact |
Meaning | A major division of a long written composition. |
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Examples | "the book of Isaiah" |
Part of | text, textual matter |
Narrower | 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; Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans, Epistle to the Romans, Romans; First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, First Epistle to the Corinthians, I Corinthians; Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, Second Epistle to the Corinthians, II Corinthians; Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians, Epistle to the Galatians, Galatians; Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians, Epistle to the Ephesians, Ephesians; Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians, Epistle to the Philippians, Philippians; Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians, Epistle to the Colossians, Colossians; First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians, First Epistle to the Thessalonians, I Thessalonians; Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, II Thessalonians; First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy, First Epistle to Timothy, I Timothy; Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy, Second Epistle to Timothy, II Timothy; Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Titus, Epistle to Titus, Titus; Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon, Epistle to Philemon, Philemon; Epistle to the Hebrews, Hebrews; Epistle of James, James; First Epistle of Peter, I Peter; Second Epistle of Peter, II Peter; First Epistle of John, I John; Second Epistel of John, II John; Third Epistel of John, III John; Epistle of Jude, Jude; 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, Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach; Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom; I Maccabees, 1 Maccabees; II Maccabees, 2 Maccabees |
Broader | section, subdivision |
Meaning | A written version of a play or other dramatic composition. Used in preparing for a performance. |
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Synonyms | script, playscript |
Narrower | promptbook, prompt copy; continuity; dialogue, dialog; libretto; scenario; screenplay; shooting script |
Broader | dramatic composition, dramatic work |
Meaning | A collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made. |
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Examples | "they run things by the book around here" |
Synonyms | rule book |
Parts | rule, prescript; rule |
Broader | collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage |
Meaning | The sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina. |
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Synonyms | Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an |
Parts | sura |
Broader | sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text |
Meaning | The sacred writings of the Christian religions. |
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Synonyms | Bible, Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Word |
Category of | covenant; eisegesis; exegesis; Gabriel; demythologize, demythologise |
Parts | Old Testament; Testament; New Testament; text |
Narrower | family Bible; Vulgate; Douay Bible, Douay Version, Douay-Rheims Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, Rheims-Douay Bible, Rheims-Douay Version; Authorized Version, King James Version, King James Bible; Revised Version; New English Bible; American Standard Version, American Revised Version; Revised Standard Version |
Broader | sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text |
Meaning | Record a charge in a police register. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP |
Examples | "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man" |
Narrower | ticket, fine |
Broader | record, enter, put down |
Meaning | Arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family" |
Synonyms | reserve, hold |
Entails | procure, secure |
Narrower | keep open, hold open, keep, save |
Broader | request, bespeak, call for, quest |
Similar to | reserve |
Nouns | booking |
Meaning | Engage for a performance. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo" |
Broader | schedule |
Nouns | booking; booker |
Meaning | Register in a hotel booker. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Broader | register |
Nouns | booking |