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# book

«book» in Mova's school dictionary: **a set of pages with words or pictures, joined at one side…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (book, books); verb (book, books, booked, booking)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A book is a set of pages with words or pictures, joined at one side inside a cover. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/book/#m1)

2) A book is a long written work, a story or a text: a book about space. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/book/#m2)

3) To book is to arrange a place or ticket ahead of time: book a table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/book/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

a thing on the table; a counted thing in problems («a shelf holds 10 books»); in class reading books, exercise books, textbooks; at the library you borrow and return books; in everyday life «book a doctor's appointment», «by the book» (by the rules)

### examples

- I place one book on the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/book/#x1)
- There are 3 bags. Each bag has 4 books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/book/#x2)
- Zoe had 8 books and gave 3 to Tim. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/book/#x3)
- A shelf holds 10 books. How many books are on 5 shelves? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/book/#x4)
- My favourite book is about dragons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/book/#x5)
- Write your name in your exercise book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/book/#x6)
- We borrowed three books from the library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/book/#x7)
- Mum booked tickets for the train. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/book/#x8)
- Yes, that was a picture book! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/book/#x9)

### note

The thing being counted; no clue for the operation. Plural «books». Trap: «pages in a book» counts pages, not books.

### In the corpora

- [Much housework is invisible, like booking appointments and planning meals, so each grown-up may not see what the other does.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/12-cars-chores-and-the-shopping-list/14/)
- [Stars go on chat shows mainly to promote a new film, book or tour, and their funny stories are often practised beforehand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/10/)
- [Bots can invent book titles and authors that sound real but do not exist.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/4-stories-jokes-and-riddles/13/)
- [Chatbots can produce made-up cases, books or quotes that sound real; even experts must check them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/20-news-court-cases-airline/6/)
- [History should be learned from good books, trusted sources and teachers, not from AI pictures.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/21-news-deepfakes-history/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «book» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/book/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.