book

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/bʊk/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A set of written pages bound together.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.

Examples

  • The book aims to cover all aspects of city life.

  • I read a book while eating.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /buːk/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A major division of a long work.

  2. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.

  3. A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).

More examples

In context

  • Take a book and read it.

  • He was frustrated because he couldn't find anything about dinosaurs in the book.

  • I have three copies of his first book.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English bok, book, from Old English bōc, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Bookmaker sense by clipping. Cognates Cognate with Scots beuk, buik, buke (“book”), Yola buke (“book”), North Frisian Bok, buk, bök (“book”), Saterland Frisian Bouk (“book”), West Frisian, Dutch boek (“book”), Alemannic German Buech (“book”), Bavarian Buach (“book”), Central Franconian Booch, Buch (“book”), German, Luxembourgish Buch (“book”), German Low German Book (“book”), Limburgish book, Bouk (“book”), Vilamovian büch (“book”), Yiddish בוך (bukh, “book”), Danish bog (“book”), Elfdalian buok (“book”), Faroese, Icelandic bók (“book”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swed...