book
/bʊk/ verb B1- To reserve (something) for future use. · I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night.· I can book tickets for the concert next week.
- To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book. · They booked that message from the hill.
- To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something. · I booked a flight to New York.
- To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action. · The police booked him for driving too fast.
- To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
- To travel very fast. · He was really booking until he passed the speed trap.
- To record bets as bookmaker.
- To receive the highest grade in a class. · The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class.
He/she/it books · Past booked · Past participle booked · -ing form booking
Verb forms
- Base form
- book
- He/she/it
- books
- Past
- booked
- Past participle
- booked
- -ing form
- booking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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He lent me a book; but I don’t mind saying that it was a bit above my head, though I had a good Aberdeen upbringing.
“So we have contracted our field of search to a large book, printed in double columns and in common use.”
This is clearly a book which is standardized.
“Not that lovers ever really walk there,” she explained to Marilla, “but Diana and I are reading a perfectly magnificent book and there’s a Lover’s Lane in it.
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