book | Lernwerd

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1.A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
- He was frustrated because he couldn't find anything about dinosaurs in the book.
2.A major division of a long work.
- Genesis is the first book of the Bible.
- Many readers find the first book of A Tale of Two Cities to be confusing.
3.A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
- I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.
4.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.
- I have three copies of his first book.
- “I would never read a book,” he once told an interviewer. “I don’t want to say no book is ever worth reading, but I actually do believe something pretty close to that.”

1.To reserve (something) for future use.
- I can book tickets for the concert next week.
- I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night.
- I haven't booked, so I don't have a clue as to whether the service will be busy or not. Supposedly, reservations are compulsory, but I want to find out what would happen if you just turn up.
2.To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.
- I booked a flight to New York.
3.To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
- The police booked him for driving too fast.
4.To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
- They booked that message from the hill.

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.?

Proto-Germanic *bōks

Proto-West Germanic *bōk

Old English bōc

Middle English bok

English book