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# textbook

«textbook» in Mova's school dictionary: **A book used by pupils and students to study a subject** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a textbook, textbooks); adjective (textbook)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A book used by pupils and students to study a subject. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textbook/#m1)

2) (adjective) Exactly as it should be, a perfect example: «a textbook goal». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textbook/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school, pupils use maths, science and history textbooks with lessons and exercises. In sport and everyday talk, «textbook» means done perfectly by the rules: «a textbook landing». Phrases: «maths textbook», «open your textbooks», «a textbook example», «textbook case».

### examples

- Please open your maths textbooks at page 32. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textbook/#x1)
- My science textbook has great pictures of the solar system. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textbook/#x2)
- The pilot made a textbook landing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textbook/#x3)
- That was a textbook example of good teamwork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textbook/#x4)
- I left my textbook at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textbook/#x5)
- The textbook explains fractions step by step. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textbook/#x6)
- If each textbook weighs 800 g, five textbooks weigh 4 kg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textbook/#x7)

### note

One word. As an adjective it comes before a noun: «a textbook case». Do not confuse with «exercise book» (a notebook you write in) or «workbook».

### In the corpora

- ["pidrUchnyk" means textbook, and "zOshyt" means exercise book.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/17-marks-exercise-books-tests-and-holidays/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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