book

[book] / bʊk /

NOUN

published document

Synonyms

STRONGEST

album booklet brochure copy dictionary edition essay fiction magazine manual novel pamphlet paperback publication text textbook tome volume work writing

STRONG

Bible atlas bestseller codex compendium dissertation encyclopedia folio handbook hardcover leaflet lexicon monograph nonfiction octavo offprint omnibus opus periodical portfolio primer quarto reader reprint roll scroll speller thesaurus tract treatise

WEAK

opuscule preprint softcover vade mecum

NOUN

account; diary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

album list notebook record

STRONG

agenda pad register roster

VERB

Synonyms

STRONGEST

enter hire line up organize schedule set up

STRONG

bill charter engage enroll make reservation order procure program reserve

WEAK

bespeak pencil in preengage sew up

Antonyms

STRONG

cancel dismiss let go reject

WEAK

bow out free up

VERB

arrest

Synonyms

STRONG

accuse charge

WEAK

prefer charges take into custody

Antonyms

STRONG

exculpate exonerate

WEAK

free let go

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"I'll just be glad when I can close the book on that. But it's going to be a long time yet."

From BBC

He was booking the punk and hardcore shows.

From Los Angeles Times

Napoli booked a spot in the final by beating AC Milan 2-0 on Thursday.

From Barron's

Thomas later combined them into one essay and sold it to Harper’s Bazaar, and the work found yet another life as a posthumously published book in 1954.

From The Wall Street Journal

Did the kids want to read books or play Scrabble with their parents all afternoon?

From The Wall Street Journal

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