A written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together).

Nederlands: album, boek, boeken, boekje, boekwerk
Pools: książka

Physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together:
— He used a large book as a doorstop.

synoniem: volume.

Nederlands: jaargang

A compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone:
— His name is in all the record books.

synoniemen: record, record book.

Nederlands: bespreken, reserveren, boeken
Pools: dziennik

A written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance.

synoniemen: playscript, script.

Nederlands: draaiboek, boeken, scenario, script

A record in which commercial accounts are recorded:
— They got a subpoena to examine our books.

synoniemen: account book, book of account, ledger, leger.

Roget 86: list, catalog, catalogue, inventory; register etc. (record) 551.    account; bill, bill of costs; terrier; tally, listing, itemization; atlas; book, ledger; catalogue raisonne [Fr.]; tableau; invoice, bill of lading; prospectus; bill of fare, menu, carte [Fr.]; score, census, statistics, returns.    [list of topics in a document] contents, table of contents, outline; synopsis.    [written list used as an aid to memory] checklist.    table, chart, database; index, inverted file, word list, concordance.    dictionary, lexicon; vocabulary, glossary; thesaurus.    file, card index, card file, rolodex, address book.    Red book, Blue book, Domesday book; cadastre [Fr.]; directory, gazetter^†.    almanac; army list, clergy list, civil service list, navy list; Almanach de Gotha^†, cadaster; Lloyd's register, nautical almanac; who's who; Guiness's Book of World Records.    roll; check roll, checker roll, bead roll; muster roll, muster book; roster, panel, jury list; cartulary, diptych.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: kladblok, inboeken, boeken

A collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game.

Pools: talia, talia kart

A collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made:
— They run things by the book around here.

synoniem: rule book.

Nederlands: reglement

The sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina.

synoniemen: al-Qur'an, Koran, Quran.

Nederlands: Koran, koran
Pools: Koran

The sacred writings of the Christian religions.

synoniemen: Bible, Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word, Word of God.

Nederlands: Bijbel, Schrift, bijbel, testament
Pools: Pismo Święte, Pismo święte, Biblia

A major division of a long written composition.

Nederlands: boek
Pools: księga

A number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge.

Nederlands: boek, boekje

Engage for a performance.

Roget 537: teach, instruct, educate, edify, school, tutor; cram, prime, coach; enlighten etc. (inform) 527.    inculcate, indoctrinate, inoculate, infuse, instill, infix, ingraft^†, infiltrate; imbue, impregnate, implant; graft, sow the seeds of, disseminate.    given an idea of; put up to, put in the way of; set right.    sharpen the wits, enlarge the mind; give new ideas, open the eyes, bring forward, teach the young idea how to shoot" [Thomson]; improve etc. 658.    expound etc. (interpret) 522; lecture; read a lesson, give a lesson, give a lecture, give a sermon, give a discourse; incept^†; hold forth, preach; sermonize, moralize; point a moral.    train, discipline; bring up, bring up to; form, ground, prepare, qualify; drill, exercise, practice, habituate, familiarize with, nurture, drynurse^†, breed, rear, take in hand; break, break in; tame; preinstruct^†; initiate; inure etc. (habituate) 613.    put to nurse, send to school.    direct, guide; direct attention to etc. (attention) 457; impress upon the mind, impress upon the memory; beat into, beat into the head; convince etc. (belief) 484.    [instructional materials] book, workbook, exercise book.    [unnecessary teaching] preach to the wise, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, teach granny to suck eggs; preach to the converted.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 551: record; put on record, place on record; chronicle, calendar, hand down to posterity; keep up the memory etc. (remember) 505; commemorate etc. (celebrate) 883; report etc. (inform) 527; write, commit to writing, reduce to writing; put in writing, set down in writing, writing in black and white; put down, jot down, take down, write down, note down, set down; note, minute, put on paper; take note, make a note, take minute, take memorandum; make a return.    mark etc. (indicate) 550; sign etc. (attest) 467.    enter, book; post, post up, insert, make an entry of; mark off, tick off; register, enroll, inscroll^†; file etc. (store) 636.    burn into memory; carve in stone.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 811: keep accounts, enter, post, book, credit, debit, carry over; take stock; balance accounts, make up accounts, square accounts, settle accounts, wind up accounts, cast up accounts; make accounts square, square accounts.    bring to book, tax, surcharge and falsify.    audit, field audit; check the books, verify accounts.    falsify an account, garble an account, cook an account, cook the books, doctor an account.    ... meer laten zien

Arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance:
— The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family.

synoniemen: hold, reserve.

Pools: zamawianie, bukowanie

Record a charge in a police register.

Register in a hotel booker.

Nederlands: boeken