English noun: book |
1. | book (communication) a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together) |
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| Samples | I am reading a good book on economics.
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| Broader (hypernym) | publication |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | appointment book, appointment calendar, authority, bestiary, book of facts, booklet, brochure, catalog, catalogue, catechism, copybook, curiosa, folder, formulary, leaflet, pamphlet, pharmacopeia, phrase book, playbook, pop-up, pop-up book, prayer book, prayerbook, reference, reference book, reference work, review copy, school text, schoolbook, songbook, storybook, text, text edition, textbook, tome, trade book, trade edition, workbook, yearbook |
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| Instance hyponym | Capital, Das Kapital, Erewhon, Utopia |
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| Part holonym | running head, running headline, signature |
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2. | book (artifact) physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together |
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| Samples | He used a large book as a doorstop.
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| Synonyms | volume |
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| Broader (hypernym) | product, production |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | album, coffee-table book, folio, hardback, hardcover, journal, notebook, novel, order book, paper-back book, paperback, paperback book, picture book, sketch block, sketch pad, sketchbook, soft-cover, soft-cover book, softback, softback book |
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| Part holonym | back, backbone, binding, book binding, cover, fore edge, foredge, spine |
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3. | book (communication) a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone |
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| Samples | Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'. His name is in all the record books.
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| Synonyms | record, record book |
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| Broader (hypernym) | fact |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | card, logbook, scorecard, won-lost record |
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4. | book (communication) a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance |
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| Synonyms | playscript, script |
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| Broader (hypernym) | dramatic composition, dramatic work |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | continuity, dialog, dialogue, libretto, prompt copy, promptbook, scenario, screenplay, shooting script |
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5. | book (possession) a record in which commercial accounts are recorded |
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| Samples | They got a subpoena to examine our books.
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| Synonyms | account book, book of account, ledger, leger |
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| Broader (hypernym) | record |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cost ledger, daybook, general ledger, journal, subsidiary ledger |
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| Member holonym | accounting, accounting system, method of accounting |
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6. | book (group) a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game |
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| Broader (hypernym) | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection |
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| Domain category | card game, cards |
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7. | book (group) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made |
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| Samples | They run things by the book around here.
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| Synonyms | rule book |
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| Broader (hypernym) | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection |
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| Part holonym | prescript, rule, rule |
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8. | Book (communication) the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina |
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| Synonyms | al-Qur'an, Koran, Quran |
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| Instance hypernym | religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing |
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| Part holonym | sura |
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9. | Book (communication) the sacred writings of the Christian religions |
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| Samples | He went to carry the Word to the heathen.
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| Synonyms | Bible, Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word, Word of God |
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| Broader (hypernym) | religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | family Bible |
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| Instance hyponym | American Revised Version, American Standard Version, Authorized Version, Douay Bible, Douay Version, Douay-Rheims Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, King James Bible, King James Version, New English Bible, Revised Standard Version, Revised Version, Rheims-Douay Bible, Rheims-Douay Version, Vulgate |
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| Part holonym | New Testament, Old Testament, Testament, text |
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| Domain category members | covenant, demythologise, demythologize, eisegesis, exegesis, Gabriel, Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, Noah's flood, the Flood |
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10. | book (communication) a major division of a long written composition |
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| Samples | The book of Isaiah.
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| Broader (hypernym) | section, subdivision |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Epistle |
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| Instance hyponym | 1 Chronicles, 1 Esdras, 1 Kings, 1 Maccabees, 1 Samuel, 2 Chronicles, 2 Esdras, 2 Kings, 2 Maccabees, 2 Samuel, Abdias, Acts, Acts of the Apostles, Additions to Esther, Aggeus, Amos, Apocalypse, Baruch, Bel and the Dragon, Ben Sira, Book of Amos, Book of Baruch, Book of Daniel, Book of Deuteronomy, Book of Ecclesiastes, Book of Esther, Book of Exodus, Book of Ezekiel, Book of Ezra, Book of Genesis, Book of Habakkuk, Book of Haggai, Book of Hosea, Book of Isaiah, Book of Jeremiah, Book of Job, Book of Joel, Book of Jonah, Book of Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Judith, Book of Lamentations, Book of Leviticus, Book of Malachi, Book of Micah, Book of Nahum, Book of Nehemiah, Book of Numbers, Book of Obadiah, Book of Proverbs, Book of Psalms, Book of Revelation, Book of Ruth, Book of Susanna, Book of the Prophet Daniel, Book of Tobit, Book of Zachariah, Book of Zephaniah, Canticle of Canticles, Canticles, Daniel, Deuteronomy, Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiasticus, Epistle of Jeremiah, Esther, Exodus, Ezechiel, Ezekiel, Ezra, Genesis, Gospel According to John, Gospel According to Luke, Gospel According to Mark, Gospel According to Matthew, Gospel of Luke, Habacuc, Habakkuk, Haggai, Hosea, I Chronicles, I Esdra, I Kings, I Maccabees, I Samuel, II Chronicles, II Esdras, II Kings, II Maccabees, II Samuel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Job, Joel, John, Jonah, Joshua, Josue, Judges, Judith, Lamentations, Letter of Jeremiah, Leviticus, Luke, Malachi, Malachias, Mark, Matthew, Micah, Micheas, Nahum, Nehemiah, Numbers, Obadiah, Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children, Proverbs, Psalms, Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Ruth, Sirach, Song of Solomon, Song of Songs, Sophonias, Susanna, Tobit, Wisdom, Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, Wisdom of Solomon, Zacharias, Zechariah, Zephaniah |
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| Part meronym | text, textual matter |
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11. | book (artifact) a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge |
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| Samples | He bought a book of stamps.
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| Broader (hypernym) | product, production |
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