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# paperback

«paperback» in Mova's school dictionary: **A book with a soft cover made of thick paper, not a hard…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a paperback, paperbacks); adjective (a paperback book)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A book with a soft cover made of thick paper, not a hard cover. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paperback/#m1)

2) (adjective) Made with such a cover: the paperback edition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paperback/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and in the library, paperbacks are cheaper and lighter than hardbacks. In maths problems paperbacks and hardbacks have different prices to add or compare. Phrases: in paperback, paperback edition.

### examples

- I bought the paperback because it was cheaper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paperback/#x1)
- The paperback costs £7 and the hardback costs £15. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paperback/#x2)
- My paperback got bent in my school bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paperback/#x3)
- The book is now out in paperback. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paperback/#x4)
- She reads paperbacks on the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paperback/#x5)
- How much more is the hardback than the paperback? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paperback/#x6)

### note

Countable; one word. Opposite: hardback (UK) / hardcover (US). Maths: «how much more» means take the paperback price from the hardback price.

### Trees and pragmatics

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