bookmark

CEFRB1

/ˈbʊkmɑːk/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A marker showing where you stopped reading.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A pointer found in a nonclustered index to a row in a clustered index or a table heap

Examples

  • Tom used an old postcard as a bookmark.

  • You should bookmark this webpage.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈbuːkmɑːk/
  • /ˈbʉkmaɾk/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A record of the address of a file or Internet page, serving as a shortcut to it.

  2. A strip of material used to mark a place in a book.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To create a bookmark.

More examples

In context

  • He placed a bookmark on page 234, which had an interesting footnote from the author.

Synonyms

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Question 1 · Quick check

She placed a colorful blank between the pages to mark her spot.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English *boke-merk, *boke-merke (attested only in the bare form merk (“bookmark”)), equivalent to book + mark. Cognate with Danish bogmærke (“bookmark”), Swedish bokmärke (“bookmark”), Norwegian bokmerke (“bookmark”), Icelandic bókamerki (“bookmark”). Eclipsed non-native Old English æstel (“bookmark”), from Old Irish astal, from Latin hastula (“little spear, splint”).