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# notebook

«notebook» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small book with empty pages for writing** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (notebook, notebooks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A notebook is a small book with empty pages for writing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notebook/#m1)

2) A notebook is also a small, light laptop computer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notebook/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a thing bought, counted or shared at school; price per notebook, pages per notebook. In school: exercise books and notebooks for each subject; a science notebook for observations. In everyday life: back-to-school shopping lists. In stories: a secret notebook or diary that holds a clue.

### examples

- A notebook costs 2 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notebook/#x1)
- She bought 5 notebooks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notebook/#x2)
- Each notebook has 80 pages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notebook/#x3)
- How many notebooks can he buy with 12 dollars? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notebook/#x4)
- Write your observations in your science notebook. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notebook/#x5)
- He keeps a notebook of bird sightings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notebook/#x6)
- Open your notebooks to a new page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notebook/#x7)
- The detective found a clue in the old notebook. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notebook/#x8)

### note

A thing counted. «Each notebook costs» gives a rate: cost = price × notebooks. Trap: «pages in each notebook» and «notebooks» must be multiplied, not added. «How many can he buy» means divide and round down. In the UK, a school notebook is often called an exercise book.

### In the corpora

- [The officer asked calm, plain questions and wrote Kieran's name in her notebook.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/384-when-the-police-come/4/)
- [He called the notebook «the book of truth».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money/18/)
- [Two days later she asks him, «Do you like drawing?» — he shows her a notebook of amazing robots.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid/27/)
- [Open your pencil case: paper in your notebook, printed words on the cover, maybe a compass on your ruler.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/53-china-the-four-great-inventions/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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