Meaning

9 senses
  1. (transitive)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.

    arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance

  2. (transitive)To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.

    They booked that message from the hill.

    notieren, schreiben

    record a charge in a police register

  3. (transitive)To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.

    I booked a flight to New York.

    buchen, reservieren

    брони́роватьbronírovatʹ, заброни́роватьzabronírovatʹ, резерви́роватьrezervírovatʹ

    бронюва́тиbronjuváty, забронюва́тиzabronjuváty, резервува́тиrezervuváty

  4. (transitive)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.

  5. To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.

  6. (intransitive, slang)To travel very fast.

    He was really booking until he passed the speed trap.

    rasen

  7. To record bets as bookmaker.

  8. (transitive)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.

  9. (intransitive, slang)To move or leave, often hurriedly and abruptly.

    He was here earlier, but he booked.

Examples

12410 sentences
  1. Take a book and read it.

    Візьми книгу та прочитай її! — aandrusiak

    ruВозьми книгу и прочитай её! — al_ex_an_der

    deNimm ein Buch und lies es! — MUIRIEL

  2. How many books do you have?

    Скільки у тебе книг? — deniko

    ruСколько у тебя книг? — Wordowl

    deWie viele Bücher besitzt du? — xtofu80

  3. Have you read this book already?

    Ти вже читав цю книжку? — deniko

    ruВы уже читали эту книгу? — ae5s

    deHast du dieses Buch schon gelesen? — MUIRIEL

  4. Have you read this book yet?

    Ти вже читав цю книжку? — deniko

    ruВы уже читали эту книгу? — ae5s

    deHast du dieses Buch schon gelesen? — MUIRIEL

  5. Your book is on the desk.

    Твоя книжка на столі. — deniko

    ruТвоя книга на парте. — sigavax

    deDein Buch ist auf dem Schreibtisch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to reserve:
Русский
By meaning 1
to reserve:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to write down, register, record:
to reserve:
slang: to travel very fast:

Origin

From Middle English booken, boken, from Old English bōcian, ġebōcian, from the noun (see a

From Middle English booken, boken, from Old English bōcian, ġebōcian, from the noun (see above).

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Forms

books, booking, booked, booked
Base formbook · to book
3rd person singularbooks
Present participlebooking
Past simplebooked
Past participlebooked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybook
he, she, itbooks

Past simpleLesson

all personsbooked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave booked
he, she, ithas booked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill book

Phrasal verbs

6 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

16 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance:reservehold

Word family

15 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • reading a book
  • read this book
  • this book is
  • read the book
  • read that book
  • of these books
  • book on the
  • wrote a book
  • read books
  • kind of books
  • many books
  • comic books

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
book — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto