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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | published document |
| Synonyms: | album, atlas, bestseller, bible, booklet, brochure, codex, compendium, copy, dictionary, dissertation, edition, encyclopedia, essay, fiction, folio, handbook, hardcover, leaflet, lexicon, magazine, manual, monograph, nonfiction, novel, octavo, offprint, omnibus, opus, opuscule, pamphlet, paperback, periodical, portfolio, preprint, primer, publication, quarto, reader, reprint, roll, scroll, softcover, speller, text, textbook, thesaurus, tome, tract, treatise, vade mecum, volume, work, writing |
| Main Entry: | book |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | register, arrange for |
| Synonyms: | bespeak, bill, charter, engage, enroll, enter, hire, line up, make reservation, order, organize, pencil in, preengage, procure, program, reserve, schedule, set up, sew up |
| Antonyms: | bow out, cancel |
| Main Entry: | book |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrest |
| Synonyms: | accuse, charge, prefer charges, take into custody |
| Antonyms: | exonerate, free, let go |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Book. |
| Category: | 2. Conventional means; written language |
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-nouns
booklet; writing, work, volume, tome, opuscule; tract, tractate; livret; brochure, libretto, handbook, codex, manual, pamphlet, enchiridion, circular, publication; chap book., part, issue, number, livraison; album, portfolio; periodical, serial, magazine, ephemeris, annual, journal., paper, bill, sheet, broadsheet; leaf, leaflet; fly leaf, page; quire, ream, chapter, section head, article, paragraph, passage, clause., folio, quarto, octavo; duodecimo, sextodecimo, octodecimo., encyclopedia; encompilation; library, bibliotheca; press (publication)., writer, author, litterateur, essayist, journalism; pen, scribbler, the scribbling race; literary hack, Grub-street writer; writer for the press, gentleman of the press, representative of the press; adjective jerker, diaskeaus, ghost, hack writer, ink slinger; publicist; reporter, penny-a-liner; editor, subeditor; playwright; powt., bookseller, publisher; bibliopole, bibliopolist; librarian; bookstore, bookseller's shop., knowledge of books, bibliography; book learning (knowledge).
-phrases
"among the giant fossils of my past" [E. B. Browning]; craignez tout d'un auteur en courroux; "for authors nobler palms remain" [Pope]; "I lived to write and wrote to live" [Rogers]; "look in thy heart and write" [Sidney]; "there is no Past so long as Books shall live" [Bulwer Lytton); "the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writers" [Disraeli]; "volumes
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| Main Entry: | account |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | record of finances, fees, or charges |
| Synonyms: | IOU, bad news, balance, bill, book, books, charge, check, computation, cuff, grunt*, inventory, invoice, ledger, reckoning, record, register, report, score, statement, tab, tally |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arrest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take into authorized custody |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, bag*, book, brace*, bust, capture, catch, collar, detain, drop*, gaff, get*, glom, grab*, hook*, imprison, incarcerate, jail, kick*, nab, nail, net*, nick, pick up*, pinch*, pull in, pull*, put the arm on, put the cuffs on, round up, roust, run in, secure*, seize*, sidetrack, snag*, tab, tag*, take in, take prisoner, toss in jail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advertise |
| Synonyms: | announce, book, give advance notice, post |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay with credit card |
| Synonyms: | book, buy on credit, chalk up, cuff, debit, encumber, go into hock, incur debt, nick, paste, put on account, put on one's card, put on the cuff, put on the tab, receive credit, run up |
| Antonyms: | pay by check, pay cash |
| Main Entry: | directory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reference book; guide |
| Synonyms: | agenda, almanac, atlas, blue book, book, catalogue, charts, gazeteer, hit list, index, laundry list, lineup, list, little black book, record, register, roster, scorecard, short list, social register, syllabus, white pages, who's who, yellow pages |
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