BOOKS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

a record in which commercial accounts are recorded

Example: they got a subpoena to examine our books

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together

Example: he used a large book as a doorstop

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge

Example: he bought a book of stamps

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

a major division of a long written composition

Example: the book of Isaiah

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Noun

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

Example: I am reading a good book on economics

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Noun

the sacred writings of the Christian religions

Example: he went to carry the Word to the heathen

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Noun

the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Noun

a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone

Example: Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record; his name is in all the record books

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Noun

a written version of a play or other dramatic composition

Example: used in preparing for a performance

Meaning 10

Part of speech: Noun

a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made

Example: they run things by the book around here

Meaning 11

Part of speech: Noun

a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game

Meaning 12

Part of speech: Verb

record a charge in a police register

Example: The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man

Meaning 13

Part of speech: Verb

arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance

Example: reserve me a seat on a flight; The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family; please hold a table at Maxim's

Meaning 14

Part of speech: Verb

register in a hotel booker

Meaning 15

Part of speech: Verb

engage for a performance

Example: Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo