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Definition: Book |
BookNoun1. 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". 2. (books as a physical objects) a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop". 3. A record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books". 4. A number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge; "he bought a book of stamps". 5. 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". 6. A major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah". 7. A written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance. 8. An accounting journal as a physical object: "he bought a new daybook". Verb1. Record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man". 2. Arrange for and reserve in advance; "reserve a seat on a flight"; "We booked tickets to the show"; "please hold a table at Maxim's". 3. Engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo". 4. Register in a hotel booker. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "book" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Book \Book\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Booked; Booking.]. (references) |
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Bible | Book This word has a comprehensive meaning in Scripture. In the Old Testament it is the rendering of the Hebrew word _sepher_, which properly means a "writing," and then a "volume" (Ex. 17:14; Deut. 28:58; 29:20; Job 19:23) or "roll of a book" (Jer. 36:2, 4). Books were originally written on skins, on linen or cotton cloth, and on Egyptian papyrus, whence our word "paper." The leaves of the book were generally written in columns, designated by a Hebrew word properly meaning "doors" and "valves" (Jer. 36:23, R.V., marg. "columns"). Among the Hebrews books were generally rolled up like our maps, or if very long they were rolled from both ends, forming two rolls (Luke 4:17-20). Thus they were arranged when the writing was on flexible materials; but if the writing was on tablets of wood or brass or lead, then the several tablets were bound together by rings through which a rod was passed. A sealed book is one whose contents are secret (Isa. 29:11; Rev. 5:1-3). To "eat" a book (Jer. 15:16; Ezek. 2:8-10; 3:1-3; Rev. 10:9) is to study its contents carefully. The book of judgment (Dan. 7:10) refers to the method of human courts of justice as illustrating the proceedings which will take place at the day of God's final judgment. The book of the wars of the Lord (Num. 21:14), the book of Jasher (Josh. 10:13), and the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah and Israel (2 Chr. 25:26), were probably ancient documents known to the Hebrews, but not forming a part of the canon. The book of life (Ps. 69:28) suggests the idea that as the redeemed form a community or citizenship (Phil. 3:20; 4:3), a catalogue of the citizens' names is preserved (Luke 10:20; Rev. 20:15). Their names are registered in heaven (Luke 10:20; Rev. 3:5). The book of the covenant (Ex. 24:7), containing Ex. 20:22-23:33, is the first book actually mentioned as a part of the written word. It contains a series of laws, civil, social, and religious, given to Moses at Sinai immediately after the delivery of the decalogue. These were written in this "book." Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Computing | A group of source statements written in the assembler or COBOL language. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Book (Ang.-Saxon, boc; Danish, beuke; German, buche, a beech-tree). Beechbark was employed for carving names on before the invention of printing. "Here on my trunk's surviving frame, Carved many a long-forgotten name. ... As love's own altar, honour me: Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree." Campbell: Beech Tree's Petition. Book The dearest ever sold. A Mazarin Bible at the Thorold sale, in 1884, bought by Mr. Quaritch, book-seller, Piccadilly, London, for 3,400 for a copy. Book The oldest in the world. That by Ptah-Hotep, the Egyptian, compiled in the reign of Assa, about B.C. 3366. This MS. is preserved in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. It is written on papyrus in hieratic characters, and is a compilation of moral, political, and religious aphorisms. It strongly insists on reverence to women, politeness, and monotheism. Ptah-Hotep was a prince of the blood, and lived to the age of 110 years. Book. Logistilla gave Astolpho, at parting, a book which would tell him anything he wanted to know, and save him from the power of enchantment. (Ariosto: Orlando Furioso, book viii) Beware of a man of one book. Never attempt to controvert the statement of any one in his own special subject. A shepherd who cannot read will know more about sheep than the wisest book-worm. This caution is given by St. Thomas Aquinas. That does not suit my book. Does not accord with my arrangements. The reference is to betting-books, in which the bets are formally entered. To bring him to book. To make him prove his words; to call him to account. Make him show that what he says accords with what is written down in the indentures, the written agreement, or the book which treats of the subject. To book it. To take down an order; to make a memorandum; to enter in a book. To speak by the book. With minute exactness. To speak literatim, according to what is in the book. To speak like a book. To speak with great precision and accuracy; to be full of information. To speak without book. Without authority; from memory only, without consulting or referring to the book. Bell, book, and candle. (See under Bell.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Multilingual Slang | Catalan (lletres). (references) |
Occupations | Pieces of uncured gum rubber or rubber-coated fabric placed between cloth pages or canvas sheets to prevent cohesion. (references) |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | Publication forming a bibliographic unit, having more than 48 pages in manuscript or printing form and bound together within covers. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE. They cursed him with bell, book, and candle; an allusion to the popish form of excommunicating and anathematizing persons who had offended the church. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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A book is a collection of one or more written works, often on paper and bound within protective covers to facilitate the organization and storage of the printed material.The oral account (word of mouth, tradition, hearsay) is the oldest carrier of messages and stories. When writing systems were invented in ancient civilizations, clay tablets or parchment scrolls were used as, for example, in the library of Alexandria.
Scrolls were later phased out in favor of the codex, a bound book with pages and a spine, the form of all books today. The codex was invented in the first few centuries A.D. (or earlier? Some have said that Julius Caesar invented the first codex during the Gallic Wars. He would issue scrolls folded up accordion style and use the "pages" as reference points). Before the invention and adoption of the printing press, all books were copied by hand, which made books expensive and rare. During the middle ages, when only churches, universities, and rich noblemen could typically afford books, they were often chained down to prevent theft. The first books used parchment or vellum (calf skin) for the pages, which was later replaced with paper.
Later in the Middle Ages books began to be produced by block printing. In block printing, a relief image of an entire page was carved out of wood. It could then be inked and used to reproduce many copies of that page. Creating an entire book, however, was a painstaking process, requiring a hand-carved block for each page.
The oldest dated printed book is The Diamond Sutra, a Perfection of Wisdom text, printed from wooden blocks. It was found in 1907 by the archaeologist Sir Marc Aurel Stein in a walled-up cave near Dunhuang, in northwest China. The colophon, at the inner end, reads: `Reverently [caused to be] made for universal free distribution by Wang Jie on behalf of his two parents on the 13th of the 4th moon of the 9th year of Xiantong [i.e. 11th May, AD 868]'. This is 587 years before the Gutenberg Bible. It is on display at the British Library in London.
The Chinese inventor Pi Sheng made moveable type of earthenware circa 1045, but we have no surviving examples of his printing. He embedded the characters, face up, in a shallow tray lined with warm wax. He laid a board across them and pressed it down until all the characters were at exactly the same level. When the wax cooled he used his letter tray to print whole pages.
It was not until Johann Gutenberg popularized the printing press with metal moveable type in the 15th century that books started to be affordable and widely available. This upset the status quo, leading to remarks such as "The printing press will allow books to get into the hands of people who have no business reading books" (need source for quote).
The following centuries were spent on improving both the printing press and the conditions for freedom of the press through the gradual relaxation of restrictive laws. See also intellectual property, public domain, copyright, need expansion; early books were usually freely copied.
All books of the world are said to constitute the Gutenberg Galaxy, or, to use a term coined by eBook author Rick Sutcliffe in the early 1980s, the Metalibrary (see http://www.metalibrary.ca/ ).
In the mid-19th century, paper made from pulp (cellulose, wood) was introduced because it was cheaper than cloth-based paper (term?). Pulp based paper made cheap novels, cheap school text books and cheap books of all kinds available to the general public. This paved the way for huge leaps in the rate of literacy in industrialised nations and eased the spread of information during the Second Industrial Revolution.
However, this pulp paper contained acid that causes a sort of slow fires that eventually destroys the paper from within. Earlier techniques for making paper used limestone rollers which neutralized the acid in the pulp. Libraries today have to consider mass deacidification of their older collections. Books printed 1850--1950 are at risk; more recent books are often printed on acid-free or alkaline paper.
The proper care of books takes into account the possibility of chemical changes to the cover and text. Books are best stored in reduced lighting, definitely out of direct sunlight, at cool temperatures, and at moderate humidity. Books, especially heavy ones, need the support of surrounding volumes to maintain their shape. It is desirable for that reason to group books by size.
Maintaining a library used to be the privilege of princes, the wealthy, monasteries and other religious institutions, and universities. The growth of a public library system in the United States started in the late 19th century and was much helped by donations from Andrew Carnegie.
The advent of paperback books in the 20th century led to an explosion of popular publishing. Paperback books made owning books affordable for many people. Paperback books often included works from genres that had previously been published mostly in pulp magazines.
Throughout the 20th century, libraries have faced an ever-increasing rate of publishing, sometimes called an information explosion. The advent of electronic publishing and the Internet means that much new information is not printed in books, but made available online e.g. through a digital library, on CD-ROM, or in the form of ebooks (electronic books). This does not necessarily make life easier for libraries, and so far has not resulted in any decline in the rate of paper publishing.
There have also been new developments in the process of publishing books. Technologies such as print on demand have made it easier for less known authors to make their work available to a larger audience.
A lover of books is usually referred to as a bibliophile.
Related articles and lists
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- List of books by author
- List of books by genre or type
- List of books by award or notoriety
- List of books by year of publication
External links
- http://www.HavenWorks.com/books/
- The Book & The Computer - "Its primary focus is how digital technology and the Internet will transform the book and other print media, and what new media may emerge from this transformation" (from about page)
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BOOK is a magazine about books.According to its publishers, it:
- "delivers insights and out takes from the pages and the lives of today's most intriguing authors. Every issue is filled with author profiles, excerpts, literary news and more than 50 reviews." [1]
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "BOOK (magazine)."
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The Book of Job is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, and is also one of the books of the Christian Old Testament. Exegeses of the Book of Job are frequently the subject of various theodicies.
Authorship
A great diversity of opinion exists as to the authorship of this book. An ancient Jewish tradition in the Talmud holds that Moses may have written this book. Others argue that it was written by Job himself, or by Elihu, or Isaiah. From internal evidence, such as the similarity of sentiment and language to those in the Psalms and Proverbs (see Psalms 88 and 89), the prevalence of the idea of "wisdom," and the style and character of the composition, it is supposed by some to have been written in the time of King David and King Solomon.
Many scholars hold that the introductory and concluding sections of the book were composed by a different author than the body of the book.
Style
The book is a historical poem, one of the greatest and sublimest poems in all literature -- a didactic narrative in a dramatic form.
Was Job a real person?
Most Jews hold that Job was not a real historical figure. For instance, Rabbi Simeon ben Laquish said that Job never existed (Midrash Genesis Rabbah LXVII; Talmud Bavli, Bava Batra 15a.) In this view Job was a literary creation by a prophet who used this form of writing to convey a divine message. In this view, the book was written under divine inspiration in order to teach theological truths, but was never meant to be taken as literally true in a historical sense.
Most Christians believe that Job was a real historical figure. This belief accepts the statements in the book which speak of Job as an actual person; this belief is also based on the references to Job in the Book of Ezekiel and in the Epistle of James. Independent verification of Job's historicity is lacking, though that is perhaps unsurprising when one considers that almost no citizen of the ancient world has left any trace by which his existence might be proven today.
This book was apparently well known in the days of Ezekiel, B.C. 600 (Ezekiel 14:14). The book of Job is referred to in the Epistle to Hebrews 12:5; and in the First Epistle to the Corinthians 3:19.
The story and structure
The subject of the book is the trial of Job, its occasion, nature, endurance, and issue. It consists of
It is possible that the introductory and concluding sections of the book were composed by a different author than the body of the book.
- An historical introduction in prose (ch. 1,2).
- The controversy and its solution, in poetry (ch. 3-42:6). Job's desponding lamentation (ch. 3) is the occasion of the controversy which is carried on in three courses of dialogues between Job and his three friends. The first course gives the commencement of the controversy (ch. 4-14); the second the growth of the controversy (15-21); and the third the height of the controversy (22-27). This is followed by the solution of the controversy in the speeches of Elihu and the address of Jehovah, followed by Job's humble confession (42:1-6) of his own fault and folly.
- The third division is the historical conclusion, in prose (42:7-15).
The controversy at the heart of the body of the book concerns the question, "Is misfortune always a divine punishment for something?" Job's three friends argued in the affirmative, stating that Job's misfortunes were proof that he had committed some sins for which he was being punished. His friends also advanced the converse position that good fortune is always a divine reward, and that if Job would renounce his supposed sins, he would immediately experience the return of good fortune.
In response, Job asserted that he was a righteous man, and that his misfortune was therefore not a punishment for anything. This raised the possibility that God acts in capricious ways, and Job's wife urged him to curse God, and die. Instead, Job responded with equanimity: "The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away; blessed be the name of the Lord." The climax of the book occurs when God responds to Job, not with an explanation for Job's suffering but rather with a question: Where was Job when God created the world?
God's response itself may be read in a variety of ways. Some see it as an attempt to humble Job. Yet Job is comforted by God's appearance, and the fact that he 'saw God and lived', suggesting that the author of the book was more concerned with whether or not God is present in people's lives, than with the question of whether or not God is just.
The framing story complicates the book further -- in the introductory section God decides to inflict misery on Job and his family as a result of a bet with Satan (suggesting that God does indeed act in capricious ways); the conclusion has God restoring Job to health and wealth (suggesting that the faith of the righteous is indeed rewarded).
Satan in Book of Job
The name Satan appears for the first time in the bible in the Book of Job. He is shown Gods son. He tempts God by saing that Job's believe is only built upon what material goods he is given, and that his faith will disappear as soon as it is taken from him. Initial text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Book of Job."
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Migraine is the first book written by Oliver Sacks, the well known neurologist and author with a practice in New York City. The book was first published in 1970 and revised in 1992.In addition to describing the nature of migraine and treaments for migraine, Sacks explores in some depth the neuro-psychological aspects of migraine. As in Sacks' other writings, there is an extensive use of case histories.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Migraine (book)."
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Sex and the City is a book by Candace Bushnell and based on her and her friend's lifestyles. It was copyrighted in 1996 and published in 1997. It was re-published in 2001.Warning: Wikipedia contains spoilers
The book, like the television series that followed it, takes its name after a column that Bushnell began to write in 1994.
Much of the book is different from the television series. The main characters at the series get much less exposure at the book, which gives Bushnell's other friends more space instead. Such stars as Francis Ford Coppola and Karl Lagerfeld make cameo appearances at the book. Other celebrities asked the writer not to be identified.
The main characters of the show, Sex and the City, are almost non-existent at the book, specially Charlotte York and Miranda Hobbs. Samantha Jones does not appear that much either. Carrie is the one that gets the most exposure out of the show's four main characters. Stanford, who is Carries friend at the show, gets much more exposure at the book.
The show's main characters also sport major personality differences at the book: Charlotte, who is a shy, almost virginal American woman in the show, is described as a sex crazed British girl in the book. Samantha dates a model in the show's last season and she plans on staying with him. In the book, she only dated a model for a short period of time. Stanford, a fashion designer in the show, is an artist in the book. Similarly, Miranda Hobbs is a lawyer in the show, but a cable executive in the book.
The book was published by Warner Books.
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Note: This entry deals only with the book; for information about the movie, see The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. The Two Towers is the second volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. It is preceded by The Fellowship of the Ring and followed by The Return of the King.
Title
Tolkien came up with the title under deadline pressure and later expressed dissatisfaction with it. A note at the end of some editions of The Fellowship of the Ring identifies the two towers as Orthanc and Minas Morgul, but illustrations and letters by Tolkien himself indicate it could as well refer to other pairs. There are indeed other towers, such as Minas Tirith and the Barad-dûr. It could also symbolize the alliance of Gondor and Rohan, the opposition of the amassed forces of good and evil, the pairing off of key characters (Sam and Frodo, Merry and Pippin, Legolas and Gimli), or even the structure of the book itself.
Structure
Because The Two Towers was conceived as the central portion of a longer work, its structure differs from that of a conventional novel. It begins and ends abruptly, without introduction to the characters, explanations of major plot elements or a satisfying conclusion. The first section follows the divergent paths of several important figures from The Fellowship of the Ring, but tells nothing of its central character, on whose fate so much depends, enabling the reader to share in the suspense and uncertainty of the characters themselves. The narrative of the second part returns to the hero's quest to destroy the evil that threatens the world. While the first section tells of an epic battle, the struggles in much of the second section are internal.
Contents
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Book III: The Treason of Isengard
Hobbits Merry and Pippin escape from the Orcs who captured them and encounter treelike giants called Ents. These guardians of the forest generally keep to themselves, but are moved to oppose the menace posed to the trees by the wizard Saruman.
Aragorn, Gimli the Dwarf and Legolas the Elf, tracking Merry and Pippin, meet their wizard friend Gandalf, whom they believed had perished in the mines of Moria. He tells them of his fall into the abyss, his battle to the death with the Balrog and his reawakening. The four ride to Edoras and persuade King Théoden that his people are in danger. They travel to the defensive fortification Helm's Deep, where they resist an onslaught of Orcs and Men sent by Saruman, before heading to Saruman's stronghold in Isengard.
There, they reunite with Merry and Pippin and find Orthanc besieged by Ents. After giving Saruman a chance to repent, Gandalf casts him out of the order of wizards. Wormtongue throws something from a window at Gandalf and those with him. This turns out to be one of the palantíri. Pippin, unable to resist the urge, looks into it and has an encounter with Sauron. They then head for Minas Tirith in preparation for the upcoming war.
Book IV: The Journey to Mordor
Frodo and Sam discover Gollum stalking them as they try to reach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. Gollum hopes to reclaim the Ring. Sam loathes and distrusts him, but Frodo pities him. Gollum promises to lead them to a secret entrance to Mordor and for a time appears to be a true ally. Eventually, however, he leads them into the lair of Shelob, an enormous spiderlike creature, who inflicts her poisonous bite on Frodo. Sam resolves to finish the quest himself and takes the Ring. But when Orcs take Frodo's body, he follows them and learns that Frodo is not dead but unconscious and now their prisoner.
Adaptations
Some of the events of The Two Towers were depicted in a 1978 film of Lord of the Rings by Ralph Bakshi and the 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by Peter Jackson. Both films abandoned the parallel storytelling of the book in favor of a more chronological presentation. Other events of The Two Towers were filmed for Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
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Synonyms: BookSynonyms: account book (n), book of account (n), daybook (n), ledger (n), leger (n), playscript (n), record (n), recordbook (n), script (n), volume (n), hold (v), reserve (v). (additional references) |
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Accounts | Verb: keep accounts, enter, post, book, credit, debit, carry over; take stock; balance accounts, make up accounts, square accounts, settle accounts, wind up accounts, cast up accounts; make accounts square, square accounts. |
List | Account; bill, bill of costs; terrier; tally, listing, itemization; atlas; book, ledger; catalogue raisonne; tableau; invoice, bill of lading; prospectus; bill of fare, menu, carte; score, census, statistics, returns. |
Record | Enter, book; post, post up, insert, make an entry of; mark off, tick off; register, enroll, inscroll; file; (store). |
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Screenplays | I always thought the joy of reading a book is not knowing what happens next (Memento; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben) ! Page 73, Johnson, Navin, R.! I'm somebody now! Millions of people look at this book every day (The Jerk; writing credit: Carl Reiner, written by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb.) Symmetrical book stacking (Ghostbusters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.) Consult the Book of Armaments (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese) There's plenty of killings in your book, Lord (The Night of the Hunter; writing credit: James Agee; Davis Grubb) | |
Lyrics | If you judge a book by the cover, (The Look Of Love; performing artist: ABC) I really need a girl like an open book (Love In An Elevator; performing artist: Aerosmith) Go ahead and throw the book at me. (Love in the First Degree; performing artist: Alabama; writing credit: Jim Hurt and Tim DuBois) Of a book full of death (Like A Stone; performing artist: AUDIOSLAVE) I was raised on the Good Book Jesus (Stoney end; performing artist: Barbra Streisand) | |
Clever | Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. (references; author: Groucho Marx) If a book about failures doesn't sell, is it a success? (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Dearreader: How to Turn a Book Into a Movie (1974) Dirty Book Shoppe (1974) River-Ghost - Hudson River Diary: Book IV (1973) Book of Numbers (1973) The People of the Book (1973) | |
Song Titles | Book Of Love (performing artist: Monotones) | |
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 | Shows interior wide shot of Central Cancer Research Lab library. A woman sits at the table with a book. (1931). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Pictured is a crowd scene of people walking outdoors. They are wearing light coats and jackets. Population studies tell much about how cancer is caused and how to prevent it. This photograph was in the NCI book "Decade of Discovery.". Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
 | Paralympic athlete Lauren McDevitt Howard, bronze medal winner, 1996 Paralympic Games. From the book,"Portrait of Spirit: One Story at a Time" by Billy Howard and Maggie Holtzberg. Credit: CDC. |  | A new book of majestic images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope brings the wonders of our ... Credit: NASA. |
 | C. M. Durgin and P. C. Doran inspecting record book Looking for source of error in computations. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Title page of captured German geodetic control book for St. Nazaire. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | An early diving bell used by 16th Century divers during salvage operations. The book this came from is a text on ship salvage and includes diving information. In: Regola generale di soleuare ogni fondata naue & nauilii con ragione" by Niccolo Tartaglia. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Waring, George E., Jr. Waring's Book of the Farm. Philadelphia: Port & Coates, 1877. Credit: USDA. |
 | Book of Names for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Credit: USDA. |  | BLM Tract Book Room in Eastern States. Credit: Cathy Rodine. |
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| "Opened book" by Bartlomiej Moczulski Commentary: "Just an opened book (it's Lewis Caroll complete works if anybody asks ;-). Background easy to be cut off (hopefully)." | "Book market" by Xira@bluemail.ch Commentary: "On an market in the streets of Lyon, France." |
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 | Excerpt from the "Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1" by Bach. | | Book dropping onto a wood floor. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Callimachus | Great book, great evil. |
Christian Nevell Bovee | A book should be luminous not voluminous. |
George Herbert | Woe be to him that reads but one book. |
H. Rogers | When a new book comes out I read an old one. |
John Ruskin | A book worth reading is worth buying. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Every burned book enlightens the world. |
| Never read any book that is not a year old. | |
St. Thomas Aquinas | Beware the man of one book. |
William Shakespeare | I'll note you in my book of memory. |
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Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | I returned the book, looking, I suppose, a little blank, as the lady laughed merrily at my discomfiture |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | The noisy little Cratchits were as still as statues in one corner, and sat looking up at Peter, who had a book before him. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | She said that a thousand and a thousand people had met him here, and had written in his book, and have his mark on them |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Since the author of this book lived in Paris, two have died |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | A thick book, opened at the frontispiece, lay before him on the wooden rest |
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions | Neil Gaiman | Benjamin Lassiter was coming to the unavoidable conclusion that the woman who had written A Walking Tour of the British Coastline, the book he was carrying in his backpack, had never been on a walking tour of any kind, and would probably not recognize the British coastline if it were to dance through her bedroom at the head of a marching band, singing 'I'm the British Coastline' in a loud and cheerful voice while accompanying itself on the kazoo |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The boy in white went into the iron building where his helper labored over a book of bills |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | As for any further particulars relating to the author, the reader will receive satisfaction from the first pages of the book. |
Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare | Was ever book containing such vile matter so fairly bound |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Join a book group. (references) | |
This book is protected by copyright. (references) | ||
The title of this book includes the word "official." (references) | ||
Business | Taiwan has become an important market for U.S. book publishers. (references) | |
On average, the individual book purchasing budget is US$150 annually. (references) | ||
Its order book includes 120 units and a total value of 3 billion dollars. (references) | ||
Children | Belize | Education is nominally free, but various school, book, and uniform fees place education out of reach for many poor children. (references) |
Cameroon | Nonetheless, education spending during the 1999 and 2000 fiscal year was only approximately 2 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Since parents must pay uniform and book fees for primary school, and because tuition and other fees for secondary education remained even more costly, education remained unaffordable for many children. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Yemen | The author must submit copies of the book to the Ministry. (references) |
Economic History | India | Securities can be transferred through electronic book entry. (references) |
Benin | Concrete results in bringing culprits to book, however, remain modest to date. (references) | |
Indonesia | These loans are estimated to have a market value now of 20-25 percent of their book value. (references) | |
Human Rights | United Arab Emirates | However, Muslim men, are free to marry women "of the book," that is, Muslim, Christian or Jewish women. (references) |
Belarus | In addition copies of a log book containing records of the issue of the alleged execution weapon and ammunition were made public. (references) | |
Morocco | The book described Marzouki's ordeal, including the cruelty of the guards, torture, solitary confinement, and the perpetual darkness. (references) | |
Minorities | Poland | In April 2000, Opole University fired professor Dariusz Ratajczak for publishing a book denying the Holocaust. (references) |
Political Economy | UKRAINE | The Parliament has also passed a new Civil Code, which includes a book on intellectual property rights; the President has announced his intention to sign the Civil Code in the near future. (references) |
CANADA | Canada maintains some restrictions on foreign investment and content in the "cultural industries" and related sectors, including book and magazine publishing, broadcasting, and telecommunications. (references) | |
Trade | El Salvador | For valuation of used cars, Customs uses N.A.D.A., Edmund's and the Truck Blue Book. (references) |
Australia | Factoring of book debts can be arranged with finance companies, but is not widespread. (references) | |
Russia | The State Customs Committee recently published a latest version of the customs tariff book with new unified customs duties. (references) | |
Travel | Korea | Many of the hotels offer attractive corporate discounts, but they are usually not available if you book through a travel agent. (references) |
Haiti | Reservations can be made by telephone, fax, or e-mail, and it is advisable to book accommodations at least two weeks in advance of any visit. (references) | |
Indonesia | For inter-city train service, book a first-class (Eksekutif) seat if available, which can be done by travel agents or at the train station one week in advance. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DIARY, n. A daily record of that part of one's life, which he can relate to himself without blushing. Hearst kept a diary wherein were writ All that he had of wisdom and of wit. So the Recording Angel, when Hearst died, Erased all entries of his own and cried: "I'll judge you by your diary." Said Hearst: "Thank you; 'twill show you I am Saint the First" -- Straightway producing, jubilant and proud, That record from a pocket in his shroud. The Angel slowly turned the pages o'er, Each stupid line of which he knew before, Glooming and gleaming as by turns he hit On Shallow sentiment and stolen wit; Then gravely closed the book and gave it back. "My friend, you've wandered from your proper track: You'd never be content this side the tomb -- For big ideas Heaven has little room, And Hell's no latitude for making mirth," He said, and kicked the fellow back to earth. "The Mad Philosopher" |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bob Costas | When I wrote the book I upset some people. And now, interestingly, much of what was in the book is now a given. It's almost a starting point. |
Dennis Miller | Hey, if I wanted to read a book, I'd buy one on tape. |
Gene Wilder | Whatever anyone might have read in the book, that was only the start. It got much worse after that. It was very difficult. |
Jim Jeffords | It's gone very well. I was very well received and nothing but praise and the book sales are going rapidly. |
Marla Hanson | Right. I took four years off to raise my child. Now I'm starting to get back into the writing. I'm actually working on a book this time. |
Mattie Stepanek | Jimmy Carter is my hero because he is a humble peacemaker. He will write a book. He'll solve a problem. He'll build a house. |
Rush Limbaugh | What would you say if we told you that a leading intellectual is writing a book, the thesis of which is that we are witnessing the end of poverty. |
Sela Ward | The proceeds of the book are going to the kids at Hope Village, so anyone who needs a Christmas present know that it's helping the kids. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | But I see history as a book with many pages, and each day we fill a page with acts of hopefulness and meaning. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Book" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.31% of the time. "Book" is used about 24,622 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.31% | 24,453 | 353 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.31% | 76 | 38,217 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.24% | 60 | 43,597 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.13% | 32 | 61,292 |
| Total | 100.00% | 24,622 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "book" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Book | Last name | 2,000 | 4,833 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "book". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Kirjath-sepher | N/A | Biblical | Of the book |
| Sephar | N/A | Biblical | Book |
| Sepharad | N/A | Biblical | A book descending |
| Booker | Male | English | Book maker |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
| |||
Expressions using "book": A B C book ♦ a must book ♦ abc book ♦ Account book ♦ acquired from book ♦ address book ♦ advertising match book ♦ aluminum Book ♦ appointment book ♦ arithmetic book ♦ attendance book ♦ back of a book ♦ balance book ♦ ban with bell book and candle ♦ bank book ♦ be absorbed in a book ♦ be absorbed in book ♦ be an open book ♦ bedside book ♦ bell book ♦ bell book and candle ♦ bill book ♦ black book ♦ Black Book of the Admiralty ♦ Block book ♦ blue Book ♦ book accommodation at the hotel ♦ Book account ♦ book agent ♦ book amount ♦ book bag ♦ book binder ♦ book binding ♦ book cloth ♦ book club ♦ book collection ♦ book collector ♦ book cover ♦ book debt ♦ book debts insurance ♦ book design ♦ book end ♦ book entry ♦ book exercise ♦ book fair ♦ book for ♦ book for girls ♦ book form drawing ♦ book illumination ♦ Book Illustrations [Publication Type] ♦ book in ♦ book in advance ♦ Book Industry ♦ book jacket ♦ book keeper ♦ book keeping ♦ book knowledge ♦ book learning ♦ book lice ♦ Book louse ♦ book lover ♦ book lung ♦ book maker ♦ book mark ♦ book marker ♦ book market ♦ book match ♦ book matches ♦ book mongering ♦ Book moth ♦ book muslin ♦ book number ♦ Book oath ♦ book of abstracts ♦ book of account ♦ book of accounts ♦ book of Common Prayer ♦ book of coupons ♦ book of facts ♦ Book of Homilies ♦ book of hours ♦ book of instructions ♦ book of knowledge ♦ book of life ♦ book of maps ♦ Book of Mormon ♦ book of numbers ♦ book of prescriptions ♦ book of problems ♦ book of problems in arithmetic ♦ Book of Proverbs ♦ book of psalms ♦ book of reference ♦ book of revelation ♦ book of stamps ♦ Book of the Law of Moses ♦ book out ♦ book plate ♦ book post ♦ book reviev ♦ book reviever. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "book": book-albeit, book-a-year, book-bag, Book-bank, book-banning, book-barrows, book-based, book-bills, book-binding, book-bindings, book-breakers, book-building, book-burning, book-buying, book-case, book-clubs, book-collecting, book-collector, book-collectors, book-copying, book-cover, book-cube, book-cum-record, book-dealers, book-despoiler, book-destroyers, book-end, book-ending, book-ends, book-entries, book-entry, book-established, book-fell, book-fetchers, book-fetching, book-filled, book-finding, book-focused, book-form, book-hand, book-hands, book-holder, book-holding, book-house, book-houses, book-hungry, book-hunter, book-illustrating, Book-illustration, book-in-advance, book-in-hand, book-jacket, book-jackets, book-judges, book-keeper, book-keepers, book-keeping, book-keeping by double entry, book-knowledge, book-label, book-laden, Book-learned, book-learning, book-length, book-lined, book-list, book-lover, book-lovers, book-loving, book-maker, book-makers, book-making, book-market, book-matches, book-nourished, Book-of-hours, book-on, book-oriented, book-printing, book-productive, book-provision, book-publishing, book-rack, book-reading, book-rest, book-review, book-reviewers, book-reviewing, book-reviews, book-room, book-sales, book-satchel, book-seller, book-sellers, book-selling, book-shelf, book-shelves, book-shop, book-shops, book-shrines, book-signing, book-sorter, book-stacks, book-stall, book-stalls, book-stamps, book-stand, book-starved, book-stores, book-strewn, book-the, book-ticket, book-title, book-to-bill, book-topic, book-trade, book-type, book-value, book-wise, book-work, book-worm, book-writers, book-writing. | |
Ending with "book": cheque-book, comic-book, guide-book, law-book, letter-book, non-book, note-book, open-book, picture-book, pocket-book, prayer-book, rule-book, story-book, three-book, two-book, word-book, year-book. | |
Containing "book": non-book-buying. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
kelly blue book | 91,138 | book review | 3,347 |
book | 50,934 | coloring book | 3,340 |
tommy book mark | 38,480 | book a million | 3,223 |
blue book | 26,242 | christian book | 3,178 |
phone book | 17,439 | blue book value | 3,072 |
mark book mark | 10,945 | art book | 2,957 |
sport book | 8,731 | book mark | 2,756 |
book about dog | 7,648 | red book | 2,640 |
book worm | 7,640 | book game worm | 2,638 |
book store | 7,215 | book club | 2,634 |
child book | 6,639 | border book store | 2,615 |
border book | 6,120 | amazon book | 2,448 |
comic book | 5,214 | book online | 2,446 |
buy book online | 4,959 | cat book | 2,320 |
cook book | 4,926 | harry potter book 5 | 2,276 |
the good book | 4,904 | audio book | 2,196 |
book used | 4,861 | bird book | 2,190 |
harry potter book | 4,423 | gardening book | 2,159 |
nature book | 3,738 | book chicago house peace store | 2,148 |
amazon.com book | 3,362 | nada blue book | 2,012 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "book"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | boek, bestel (order, ordered, reserve). (various references) | |
Albanian | libër (register, volume). (various references) | |
Arabic | كتاب (compilation, publication, school, volume, work), مسؤولية (liability, onus, responsibility, trust), حجز بطاقة, سجل المراهناة, سجل (calender, cut, enroll, enter, history, list, log, mark, mark down, note, put down, rap, record, register, registry, score, send in, set down, sign on, take notes, tally, transcribe, write down), الكتاب المقدس (bible, holy scripture, scripture, the holy scripture, the holy writ), دفتر تجاري. (various references) | |
Asturian | llibru. (various references) | |
Basque | liburu. (various references) | |
Bemba | icitabo. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | sináákia'tsis. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | регистрирам (calendar, enter, file, inscribe, list, log, record, register), резервирам (reserve), тефтер, купувам (bought, buy, cop, deal, get, invest, pick up, purchase, trade), кочан с билети, книга (paper, volume), вземам си бележки (take notes), бележник (agenda, aide-memoire, notebook, pad, pocket book, remembrancer, scratch pad, scribbling pad, writing pad). (various references) | |
Catalan | llibre. (various references) | |
Cebuano | libro. (various references) | |
Chamorro | lepblo (magazine). (various references) | |
Chinese | 著 (apply, catch, ignited, -ing, outstanding, part. indicates accompanying action, plan, receive, settlement, suffer, to contact, to make known, to prove, to show, to touch, to use, to wear, to write), 簿子 (notebook), 本子 (edition, notebook), 書本 , 書 (letter), 书, 冊 (a measure word for books, booklet). (various references) | |
Cornish | lyver. (various references) | |
Croatian | rezervirao, rezervirali. (various references) | |
Czech | kniha (quire). (various references) | |
Danish | bog (beech nut, beechnut, quire, quire of paper), bestille (order, reserve). (various references) | |
Dutch | boek (quire, quire of paper). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | quillcashca p'anca. (various references) | |
Esperanto | mendi (order, reserve), libro. (various references) | |
Faeroese | bók (beech). (various references) | |
Farsi | فصل یاقسمتی ازکتاب , مجلد (Tome), کتاب (Jacket, Volume), توقیف کردن (Apprehend, Arrest, Confiscate, Detain, Grab, Impound, Intern, Seize, Sequester, Suppress), رزروکردن , دفتر (Bureau, Cahier, Registry, Tome, Volume), درکتاب یادفترثبت کردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | kirja (quire), tilata (have a subscription, order, reserve, subscribe, take in). (various references) | |
French | livre, retenir, réserver, commander. (various references) | |
Frisian | boek (beech). (various references) | |
German | Buch (quire, script, volume), buchen (accounting, beaches, beeches, book up, enter, fix up, make a booking, post, record, register, reserve), bestellen (accomplish, achieve, appoint, bespeak, give a message, keep, nominate, observe, order, perform, reserve, send for, subscribe to, summon, tell, till), heft (booklet, comic, exercise book, exercise-book, folder, grip, haft, handle, hilt, issue, knob, magazine, notebook, number). (various references) | |
Greek | βιβλίο. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | libër. (various references) | |
Hebrew | רשימת המורים, ספר (ledger, volume). (various references) | |
Hungarian | könyv (scrap-book, to con, volume). (various references) | |
Icelandic | bók. (various references) | |
Indonesian | buku, memesan tempat (engage), membukukan, memboking (program). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | uqalimaagaq (magazine). (various references) | |
Irish | leabhar. (various references) | |
Italian | libro (bast, hardback), riservare (keep, propose, reserve), registrare (accounting, beeches, check in, enrol, enroll, enter, log, note, record, register, set, take down, tally), prenotare (bespeak, engage, reserve). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 書籍 (publication). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ブック , しょさつ (document, letter, note), しょせき (publication), さっし (booklet, brush, commutator brush, conjecture, consideration, guess, judgment, notebook, pamphlet, story book), ほん (counter for long cylindrical things, head, main, our, this), へん (area, biased, change, compilation, completed poem, disturbance, eccentric, editing, flat, funny, incident, inclining, inclining toward, left radical of a character, odd, part of book, peculiar, queer, side, strange, suspicious-looking, vicinity), ちょしょ (literary work), ちょさく (writing). (various references) | |
Korean | 책. (various references) | |
Lombard | liber. (various references) | |
Macedonian | zakachalka. (various references) | |
Malay | buku, kitab (exercise-book, folder, notebook). (various references) | |
Manx | screeu stiagh (check in, clock in, write in), lioar ghiallyn, kionnaghey tiggad, cur sheese (deposit, depress, discharge, give in, lay, lower, prescribe, put down, salt, send down, suppress), cur magh tiggad da, cur fockle er (address as person, bespeak). (various references) | |
Maori | pukapuka. (various references) | |
Maya | anal-te'. (various references) | |
Mohawk | kahyatonhsera. (various references) | |
Norwegian | bok. (various references) | |
Occitan | libre. (various references) | |
Papago | o'ohana. (various references) | |
Papiamen | buki. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ookbay.(various references) | |
Polish | zamawiać (order), rezerwować (reserve), książka. (various references) | |
Portuguese | livro (volume). (various references) | |
Provencal | libre. (various references) | |
Romanian | carte (card, deed, letter, playing card, schooling, syndicate). (various references) | |
Romansch | cudesch. (various references) | |
Romany | lel. (various references) | |
Ruanda | ibitabo. (various references) | |
Russian | книга (volume), выдавать билет, вносить в книгу, заказывать книга книжный, заказать (order), брать билет. (various references) | |
Samoan | tusi. (various references) | |
Scottish | leabhar (a book, long, volume). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zabeležiti optužbu, tekst komada, rezervisati (reserve), optužiti (accuse, charge, criminate, frame, indict, lay up blame), libreto (libretto), knjiga (liber, volume), angažovati (engage, enlist). (various references) | |
Sicilian | libbru. (various references) | |
Spanish | libro (tome), reservar (keep, reserve, secure, set apart, set aside), pedir (apply for, ask, ask for, beg, bid, call for, charge, crave, demand, indent for, inquire, invite, live off, live on, order, postulate for, put upon, request, require, reserve, seek, sue for, summon, supplicate, tell off, to ask for, to order, treat). (various references) | |
Sranan | buku (mold, mould). (various references) | |
Swahili | kitabu. (various references) | |
Swazi | í-ncwadzí. (various references) | |
Swedish | bok (beech, beech tree, quire), tinga. (various references) | |
Tagalog | libró, aklát. (various references) | |
Tahitian | puta. (various references) | |
Thai | บันทึกข้อหา, หนังสือ, จอง. (various references) | |
Turkish | yer ayırmak, tutmak (abide by, add up to, affect, Bate, be, bespeak, bind, catch, charter, check, choke, choke back, choke down, choke off, claw hold of, clench, clutch, cog, cohere, come to, confine, constrain, contain, cost, cramp, engage, Favor, favour, figure out at, fish, gather, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, guard, hang onto, hire, hire on, hold, hold back, hold in, hold on, hold on to, hold up, inhibit, intercept, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep to, occupy, play, play on, play upon, possess, redeem, remand, reserve, restrain, retain, save, seize, seize on, stanchion, stick, stick to, stifle, strangle, support, take, take up, tot up, total, uphold, withhold, work out at), senaryo (continuity, playbook, scenario, screenplay, script), rezervasyon yapmak, opera metni (libretto), liste (beadroll, calendar, list, register, roll, roster, schedule, scroll, syllabus), libretto (libretto, wordbook), kitap (writing), kaydetmek (calendar, check in, Chronicle, enlist, enrol, enroll, enter, have smth. taped, inscribe, list, record, register, set down, tape, tape record, transcribe, write down), kítap, deftere işlemek (enter in the book, enter up), defter (notebook, register, registry), ayırtmak (bespeak, reserve), ayırmak (abstract, allocate, allot, allow, appropriate, assort, choose, classify, comb, comb out, contradistinguish, cut off, cut out, demarcate, detach, devote, disband, discard, disembody, disjoin, disrupt, dissever, dissociate, distinguish, disunite, divert, divide, divorce, divorce from, earmark, except, hive off, insulate, intend for, isolate, keep apart, mark out, part, particularize, partition, partition off, pick out, portion, reduce, reserve, resolve, seclude, segregate, select, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, sever, shut off, single out, snatch away from, snatch from, sort, sort out, spare, specialize, split, spread, spread out, sunder, sweep off, take apart, tear away, tear off, unpick, unstick, wall, winnow). (various references) | |
Turkmen | kitap. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | розділ (chapter, column, particle, theory), том (part, tome, volume), книга, глава (chief, principal), заносити в книгу, запрошувати (ask, bid, call in, indite, invite), записувати (commit to paper, debit, enrol, enroll, mark down, note, notify, pencil, read in, record, set down, take down, write down), брати квіток, пріиймати замовлення, домовлятися (agree, agree on, agree upon, appoint, arrange, bargain, bespeak, capitulate, close, concert, negotiate, settle). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | kế toán (book-keeping), điều mù tịt (closed book), cái bộc lộ rõ ràng (open book), cái phơi bày ra (open book), công việc sách vở (book-work), có trí thức sách vở (book-learned), dây đánh dấu (book-mark, book-marker), giá để sách (book-shelf), điều biết rất ít (closed book), kệ sách (book-shelf), trí thức sách vở (book-learning, book-lore), ke giữ sách (book ends), người thích lùng mua sách quý (book-hunter), nhà xuất bản (book house, publishing house), nhân viên kế toán (accountant, book-keeper), sách giáo khoa (class-book, school-book, standard book), sách học vần (a b c - book, spelling-book, syllabary), sách vỡ lòng (a b c - book), sự nghiên cứu sách (book-work), hội những người yêu sách (book-club). (various references) | |
Welsh | llyfr. (various references) | |
Yucatec | hu'un (letter, paper). (various references) | |
Zulu | incwadi (letter), ilibhuku, ibhuku. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | caudex, codex, liber, liber libri, libri, libris, libro, librorum, libros, librum, monumenta, monumenti, monumentis, monumento, monumentum, scriptum, somes, volumen, volumine, voluminis. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | boc. (various references) |
| Arabic | 500-Modern | qur'an. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 8, Verse 32 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | H de perioch thV grafhV hn aneginwsken hn auth wV probaton epi sfaghn hcqh kai wV amnoV enantion tou keirontoV auton afwnoV outwV ouk anoigei to stoma autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Locus autem scripturae quam legebat erat hic tamquam ovis ad occisionem ductus est et sicut agnus coram tondente se sine voce sic non aperuit os suum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the place of the scripture that he redde, was this, As a scheep he was led to sleyng, and as a lomb bifor a man that scherith him is doumb with out vois, so he openyde not his mouth. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | The tenoure of ye scripture which he redde was this. He was ledde as a shepe to be slayne: and lyke a lambe dome before his sherer so opened he not his mouth. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so he opened not his mouth: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Now the place in the book where he was reading was this: He was taken, like a sheep, to be put to death; and as a lamb is quiet when its wool is being cut, so he made no sound: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 8, Verse 32 |
| Albanian | Por pjesa e Shkrimit që ai po lexonte ishte kjo: ''Atë e çuan si delja në thertore; dhe ashtu si qengji është memec përpara qethtarit, kështu ai nuk e hapi gojën e vet. |
| Cebuano | Ug ang bahin sa kasulatan nga iyang gibasa mao kini: Maingon nga dili lamang magatingog ang karnero nga pagadad-on sa ihawan o ang nating karnero sa atubangan sa iyang mag-aalot, maingon man siya, sa iyang baba wala magbuka. |
| Croatian | A èitao je ovaj odlomak Pisma: Ko ovcu na klanje odvedoše ga, ko janje nijemo pred onim što ga striže on ne otvara svojih usta. |
| Danish | Men det Stykke af Skriften, som han læste, var dette: "Som et Får blev han ført til Slagtning, og som et Lam er stumt imod den, der klipper det, således oplader han ej sin Mund. |
| Dutch | En de plaats der Schriftuur, die hij las, was deze: Hij is gelijk een schaap ter slachting geleid; en gelijk een lam stemmeloos is voor dien, die het scheert, alzo doet Hij Zijn mond niet open. |
| Finnish | Ja se kirjoitus, jota hän luki, oli tämä: "Niinkuin lammas hänet viedään teuraaksi; ja niinkuin karitsa on ääneti keritsijänsä edessä, niin ei hänkään suutansa avaa. |
| French | Le passage de l`Écriture qu`il lisait était celui-ci: Il a été mené comme une brebis à la boucherie; Et, comme un agneau muet devant celui qui le tond, Il n`a point ouvert la bouche. |
| German | Der Inhalt aber der Schrift, die er las, war dieser: "Er ist wie ein Schaf zur Schlachtung geführt; und still wie ein Lamm vor seinem Scherer, also hat er nicht aufgetan seinen Mund. |
| Haitian Creole | Men pasaj li t'ap li nan liv la: Li te tankou yon mouton yo t'ap mennen labatwa. Li te tankou yon ti mouton ki pa janm rele lè y'ap taye lenn sou do li. Li pa janm louvri bouch li di anyen. |
| Hungarian | Az írásnak helye pedig, melyet olvasott, ez vala: Mint juh viteték mészárszékre, és mint a bárány az õ nyírõje elõtt néma, azonképen nem nyitotta fel az õ száját. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Inilah ayat-ayat yang dibacanya itu, "Ia seperti domba yang digiring untuk disembelih, seperti anak domba yang tidak mengembik kalau bulunya digunting, begitulah Ia tidak mengucapkan sepatah kata pun. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Adapun nas yang dibacanya di dalam kitab itu, demikian bunyinya: Bahwa Ia dibawa seperti seekor domba akan disembelih, dan seperti seekor anak domba bisu di hadapan penggunting, demikianlah tiada Ia membuka mulutnya, |
| Italian | Il passo della Scrittura che stava leggendo era questo: e come un agnello senza voce innanzi a chi lo tosa, così egli non apre la sua bocca. |
| Maori | Na, ko te wahi o te karaipiture e korero nei ia, ko tenei, I arahina ia ano he hipi kia patua; a, me te reme e wahangu ana i te aroaro o tona kaikutikuti, kihai i kuihi tona waha; |
| Norwegian | Men det stykke av Skriften som han leste, var dette: Som et får blev han ført bort for å slaktes, og lik et lam som er stumt for den som klipper det, således åpner han ikke sin munn; |
| Portuguese | Ora, a passagem da Escritura que estava lendo era esta: Foi levado como a ovelha ao matadouro, e, como está mudo o cordeiro diante do que o tosquia, assim ele não abre a sua boca. |
| Rumanian | Locul din Scripturq, pe care -l citea, era acesta: ,,El a fost dus ca o oaie la tqiere; wi, ca un miel fqrq glas knaintea celui ce -l tunde, awa nu Wi -a deschis gura; |
| Russian | б НЕУФП ЙЪ рЙУБОЙС, ЛПФПТПЕ ПО ЮЙФБМ, ВЩМП УЙЕ: ЛБЛ ПЧГБ, ЧЕДЕО ВЩМ пО ОБ ЪБЛМБОЙЕ, Й, ЛБЛ БЗОЕГ РТЕД УФТЙЗХЭЙН ЕЗП ВЕЪЗМБУЕО, ФБЛ пО ОЕ ПФЧЕТЪБЕФ ХУФ уЧПЙИ. |
| Shuar | Nu Papí aarman áujmia nu Júuyayi: "Murikiua aitkiasan Jákatniunam Júkiarmiayi. Tura uchich murik, ure Tsúpiram chichaatsna Núnisan niisha chichakchamiayi. |
| Swahili | Basi, sehemu ya Maandiko Matakatifu aliyokuwa anasoma ilikuwa hii: "Alikuwa kama kondoo anayepelekwa kuchinjwa; kimya kama vile mwana kondoo anaponyolewa manyoya, yeye naye hakutoa sauti hata kidogo. |
| Swedish | Men det ställe i skriften som han läste var detta: "Såsom ett får fördes han bort till att slaktas; och såsom ett lamm som är tyst inför den som klipper det, så öppnade han icke sin mun. |
| Uma | Lolita to nabasa hi rala sura nabi Yesaya, hewa toi moni-na: Hi'a hewa hama'a bima to radii' hilou rasumale'. Hewa ana' bima to uma mobee' ane ragunci wulu-na, wae wo'o uma-i mololita nau' hamelaa. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "book": bookable, bookbinder, bookbinderies, bookbinders, bookbindery, bookbinding, bookbindings, bookcase, bookcases, booked, bookend, bookends, booker, bookers, bookful, bookfuls, bookie, bookies, booking, bookings, bookish, bookishly, bookishness, bookishnesses, bookkeeper, bookkeepers, bookkeeping, bookkeepings, booklet, booklets, booklice, booklore, booklores, booklouse, bookmaker, bookmakers, bookmaking, bookmakings, bookman, bookmark, bookmarked, bookmarker, bookmarkers, bookmarking, bookmarks, bookmen, bookmobile, bookmobiles, bookplate, bookplates, bookrack. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "book": audiobook, bankbook, bluebook, casebook, cashbook, chapbook, checkbook, codebook, cookbook, copybook, datebook, daybook, guidebook, handbook, hornbook, hymnbook, lawbook, logbook, matchbook, nonbook, notebook, overbook, passbook, playbook, pocketbook, prebook, promptbook, psalmbook, rebook, schoolbook, scrapbook, sketchbook, songbook, sourcebook, storybook, studbook, stylebook, textbook, wordbook, workbook, yearbook. (additional references) | |
Words containing "book": audiobooks, bankbooks, bluebooks, casebooks, cashbooks, chapbooks, checkbooks, codebooks, cookbooks, copybooks, datebooks, daybooks, guidebooks, handbooks, hornbooks, hymnbooks, lawbooks, logbooks, matchbooks, nonbooks, notebooks, overbooked, overbooking, overbooks, passbooks, playbooks, pocketbooks, prebooked, prebooking, prebooks, promptbooks, psalmbooks, rebooked, rebooking, rebooks, schoolbooks, scrapbooks, sketchbooks, songbooks, sourcebooks, storybooks, studbooks, stylebooks, textbookish, textbooks, unbookish, wordbooks, workbooks, yearbooks. (additional references) | |
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"Book" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abuko, Bakok, Bakow, bauc, Bioko, biopol, bioq, Bitok, blok, blokr, blook, blork, bmoc, Bnoc, boac, Boak, Bobok, boc, boek, bofo, Bohol, boii, Boiko, boink, bojo, bok, boka, boki, Bokor, Bokov, bolk, booc, Booch, boock, boof, boog, booh, Booi, booj, Booka, bookd, booke, bookk, booky, boook, Boooo, boop, boov, bork, Bosk, bouc, boup, Bouw, bowk, Boyko, brok, buak, buc, buik, buk, buka, buko, Bukoba, dook, ibuki, obob, oboh, Obok, oboko, obol, obrok, Obukw, Ojok, ook, vok, Wojoik, yook, zook. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "book" (pronounced buh"k) |
| 3 | b uh" k | rebook. |
| 2 | -uh" k | Brook, chinook, cook, crook, forsook, gobbledygook, gook, hook, look, mistook, nook, overcook, overtook, precook, retook, rook, schnook, shook, snook, took, undertook, unhook. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: kobo. | |
| Words within the letters "b-k-o-o" | |
-1 letter: boo, kob. | |
-2 letters: bo. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-k-o-o" | |
+1 letter: books, brook, kobos. | |
+2 letters: betook, booked, booker, bookie, brooks, kobold, rebook. | |
+3 letters: bazooka, bonnock, bookend, bookers, bookful, bookies, booking, bookish, booklet, bookman, bookmen, boomkin, boshbok, bowknot, brooked, brookie, daybook, kobolds, lawbook, lockbox, logbook, nonbook, prebook, rebooks, workbox. | |
+4 letters: backdoor, backroom, backwood, bankbook, bazookas, billhook, bluebook, boathook, bobolink, bodywork, bollocks, bonnocks, bontebok, bookable, bookcase, bookends, bookfuls, bookings, booklets, booklice, booklore, bookmark, bookrack, bookrest, bookshop, bookworm, boomkins, boondock, bootjack, bootlick, boschbok, boshboks, bousouki, bouzouki, bowknots, brookies, brooking, brookite, brooklet, buckaroo, buckeroo, casebook, cashbook, chapbook, cockboat, codebook, cookable, cookbook, copybook, datebook, daybooks, doorknob, handbook, hornbook, hymnbook, jackboot, lawbooks, logbooks, nonbooks, notebook, overbook, passbook, peekaboo, playbook, prebooks, rebooked, roorback, songbook, studbook, textbook, wordbook, workboat, workbook, yearbook. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Names: Frequency | 17. Names: Derived from 18. Expressions 19. Expressions: Internet 20. Translations: Modern | 21. Translations: Ancient 22. Bible Trace 23. Derivations 24. Rhymes | 25. Anagrams 26. Bibliography |
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