bibliography

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/bɪbliˈɒɡɹəfi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.

Examples

  • Hand in a bibliography of your sources.

  • The bibliography of his works in book-form includes fifty-seven titles.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.

  2. A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.

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In context

  • The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.

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Origin

noun

From Ancient Greek βιβλιογραφία (bibliographía, “the act or habit of writing books”), from βιβλιογράφος (bibliográphos, “a writer of books”), from βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).