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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Name

Definition 1:
• Ellipsis of the Good Book, the Bible.
Labels: Christianity, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Definition 2:
• A surname.

Definition 3:
• The Qur'an, especially its supposed divine form inclusive of the true teachings previously provided to the "People of the Book", Jews and Christians.
Labels: Islam, lifestyle, religion
Noun
Pronunciation: /bʊk/
Pronunciation (ENPR): bo͝ok

Definition 1:
• A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
Example: She opened the book to page 37 and began to read aloud.
Example: He was frustrated because he couldn't find anything about dinosaurs in the book.

Definition 2:
• 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.
Example: I have three copies of his first book.

Definition 3:
• A major division of a long work.
Example: Genesis is the first book of the Bible.
Example: Many readers find the first book of A Tale of Two Cities to be confusing.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: tome, volume

Definition 4:
• A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
Example: I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.
Labels: gambling, games

Definition 5:
• A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant.
Labels: informal

Definition 6:
• A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
Example: a book of stamps
Example: a book of raffle tickets
Example: a book of matches (matchbook)
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: booklet

Definition 7:
• The script of a musical or opera.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: libretto
Labels: entertainment, lifestyle, theater

Definition 8:
• Records of the accounts of a business.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: account, record
Labels: plural-normally

Definition 9:
• A book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
Labels: law, colloquial

Definition 10:
• Six tricks taken by one side.

Definition 11:
• Four of a kind.
Labels: card-games, poker, slang

Definition 12:
• A document, held by the referee, of the incidents that happened in a game.
Labels: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Definition 13:
• A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
Labels: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, broadly

Definition 14:
• The list of mares that a stallion will breed in a given season.
Labels: hobbies, horse-racing, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports

Definition 15:
• A list of the races that a jockey is scheduled to ride in.
Labels: hobbies, horse-racing, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports

Definition 16:
• The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
Labels: cartomancy, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences

Definition 17:
• Any source of instruction.
Labels: figuratively

Definition 18:
• The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps.
Labels: with-definite-article

Definition 19:
• A portfolio of one's previous work in the industry.
Labels: advertising, business, marketing, informal

Definition 20:
• The sum of chess knowledge in the opening or endgame.
Example: The opposite-colored bishops endgame is usually a book draw.
Example: A book move
Example: out of book
Labels: board-games, chess, games, uncountable

Definition 21:
• A package of silk.
Labels: historical
Verb
Pronunciation: /bʊk/
Pronunciation (ENPR): bo͝ok

Definition 1:
• To reserve (something) for future use.
Example: I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night.
Example: I can book tickets for the concert next week.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: reserve
Labels: transitive

Definition 2:
• simple past of bake
Labels: Northern-England, UK, dialectal, form-of, past

Definition 3:
• To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
Example: They booked that message from the hill.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: make a note of, note down, record, write down
Labels: transitive

Definition 4:
• To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.
Example: I booked a flight to New York.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: sign up, register, reserve, schedule, enroll
Labels: transitive

Definition 5:
• To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
Example: The police booked him for driving too fast.
Labels: government, law-enforcement, transitive

Definition 6:
• To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
Labels: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Definition 7:
• To travel very fast.
Example: He was really booking until he passed the speed trap.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: bomb, hurtle, rocket, speed, shoot, whiz
Labels: intransitive, slang

Definition 8:
• To record bets as bookmaker.

Definition 9:
• To receive the highest grade in a class.
Example: The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class.
Labels: transitive

Definition 10:
• To move or leave, often hurriedly and abruptly.
Example: He was here earlier, but he booked.
Labels: intransitive, slang

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/book