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Definitions of book

1. To enter in a book; engage beforehand. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

2. To enter, write, or register in a book or list. Webster Dictionary DB

3. To enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat; as, to be booked for Southampton; to book a seat in a theater. Webster Dictionary DB

4. To mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is booked for the valedictory. Webster Dictionary DB

5. To write in a book. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

6. To register in a book. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

7. engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

8. To enter, write, or register in a book; to get booked. In books, in kind remembrance: in favour. Without book, by memory; without authority. To bring to book, to require to give an exact reckoning. To speak by book, to speak on accurate knowledge. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

9. To enter or write in a book. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

10. a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

11. a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge; "he bought a book of stamps" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

12. a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

13. a copy of a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

14. sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Mohammed during his life at Mecca and Medina; divided into 114 chapters Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

15. a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the recordbooks" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

16. a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

17. a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

18. a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics" Wordnet Dictionary DB

19. the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina Wordnet Dictionary DB

20. record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man" Wordnet Dictionary DB

21. A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing. Webster Dictionary DB

22. A composition, written or printed; a treatise. Webster Dictionary DB

23. A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc. Webster Dictionary DB

24. Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set. Webster Dictionary DB

25. A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of Paradise Lost. Webster Dictionary DB

26. A collection of sheets of paper and other material, blank, written, or printed, bound together in a volume; a composition of some length on a particular subject, printed and bound; a division, section, or part of a literary composition; a register or record; in card playing, a certain number of tricks held by one side; in horse-racing, a list of horses entered and the bets laid on them; Book, the Bible. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

27. A collection of sheets of paper bound together, either printed, written on, or blank: a literary composition: a division of a volume or subject. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

28. A bound assemblage of leaves; a volume; division of a literary work. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

29. A number of sheets of paper bound or stitched together; a printed and bound volume. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

30. A treatise, or one of its subdivisions. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

31. A collection of sheets printed on, written on, or blank, and bound in a volume; a literary composition, or one of its larger divisions; a writing. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

32. Printed sheets of paper stitched and bound together; a volume or part of a volume; a division. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

Usage examples for book

1. If you must put down the name of a town in the book you had better write a big one. – Whosoever Shall Offend by F. Marion Crawford

2. I wish we had had the book here. – Thomas Wingfold, Curate by George MacDonald