Away vs Book - What's the difference?
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From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
Come away; go away; take away.
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On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
Without restraint.
Being so engaged for the entire time.
At a distance in time or space.
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, title= Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
(following the noun modified) At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
(chiefly, sports) Not on one's home territory.
(baseball, following the noun modified) Out.
A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets.
A major division of a long work.
A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
The script of a musical.
(usually, in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
A long document stored (as data) that is or will become a book; an e-book.
(legal) A colloquial reference to a book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
(whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
(poker slang) four of a kindWeisenberg, Michael (2000) [http://www.poker1.com/mcu/pokerdictionary/mculib_dictionary_info.asp The Official Dictionary of Poker]. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
(sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
(sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
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To reserve (something) for future use.
To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
(law enforcement) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
(sports) To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
(slang) To travel very fast.
To record bets as bookmaker.
(law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.
(slang) To leave.
(bake)
1000 English basic words
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As an adverb away
is from a place,.As an interjection away
is (northern england) come on!; go on!.As an adjective away
is not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation or away can be .As a noun book is
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Etymology 1
(etyl) .Adverb
(further)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
It's a gas, passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}
- Hi-yo Silver, away !
- While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away , were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away .}}
Synonyms
* (away from a place) at bay, offAdjective
(further)- The master is away from home.
- Would you pick up my mail while I'm away .
- He's miles away by now.
- Spring is still a month away .
- Next, they are playing away in Dallas.
- Two men away in the bottom of the ninth.
Derived terms
* an apple a day keeps the doctor away * away game * awayness * away side * away swing * away team * away with the fairies * awayday * back away * bang away * bat away * beaver away * blow away * break away * breakaway * carried away * carry away * cart away * cast away * chuck away * clear away * die away * do away with * draw away * eat away * explain away * fade away * fall away * far and away * far away * faraway * fend away * file away * fire away * fool away * footle away * fritter away * get away * get away with * get away with murder * get carried away * get one's end away * get-away * getaway * give away * give away the store * give-away shop * give one's daughter away * glance away * go away * go-away bird * hammer away * home away from home * keep away * keep away from * keep-away * lay away * make away * make away with * out and away * pack away * pass away * peg away at * piss away * plug away * plug away at * pull away * put away * ridden hard and put away wet * right away * run away * run away with * run-away * runaway * salt away * send away * send away for * shy away from * slink away * slip away * sneak away * sock away * spirit away * square away * squirrel away * steal away * stow away * straight away * strip away * tail away * take away * take away from * take it away * take-away * take one's breath away * tear away * throw away * throw away the key * throw money away * throw-away * tuck away * turn away * walk away from * walk away with * want-away * wash away * waste away * wear away * whale away * when the cat's away * when the cat's away the mice will play * while away * wipe away * wither awayEtymology 2
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(wikipedia book)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . (cognates)Cognate with (etyl) (m), . The sense development of beech'' to ''book'' is explained by the fact that smooth gray beech bark was commonly used as bookfell.J.P. Mallory, ''Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture , s.v. "beech" (London: Fitroy-Dearborn, 1997), 58.Noun
(en noun)- She opened the book to page 37 and began to read aloud.
- He was frustrated because he couldn't find anything about dinosaurs in the book .
- I have three copies of his first book .
- Genesis is the first book of the Bible.
- Many readers find the first book of ''A Tale of Two Cities'' to be confusing.
- I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.
- a book of stamps
- a book of raffle tickets
Synonyms
* (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material) tome (especially a large book) * booklet * tome, volume * (script of a musical) libretto * (records of the accounts of a business) accounts, recordsDerived terms
* address book * audiobook * book account * book agent * book-answerer * book award * book-bearer * bookbinder * book-board * book-bosomed * book-bound * book-boy * book-burning * book canvasser * bookcase * book-cloth * book club * book concern * book-crab * book-credit * book-debt * book-edge gilder * book-edge marbler * book end, bookend * bookery * booketeria * book-farmer * book-folder * book-form * bookful * book-ghoul * book-gill * book hand * book-holder * bookhood * book-house * book-hunt * bookie * bookish * bookism * bookjacket * bookkeeper * bookkeeping * book-label * book-lare * book-law * book-lear * book-learned * book-learning * book-length * bookless * booklet * booklike * bookling * booklore * booklouse * book lung * bookly * bookmaker * bookmaking * bookman * bookmark, bookmarker * book match * book-mate * book-mindedness * book mite * bookmobile * book-muslin * book name * book-number * book-oath * book of first entry * book of original entry * Book of the Dead * book of the film * Book of God * book of lading * book of life * book of rates * book of reference * book of the living * book of words * book-packet * book piles * bookplate * book pocket * book-post * book-postage * book-press * book price * book prop * book-rate * book-read * bookrest * book-scorpion * bookseller * bookselling * bookshelf * bookshop * book-shy * booksie, booksy * book-slide * book-society * book-stack * bookstall * book-stamp * bookstand * bookstore * book support * booksy * book-table * book token * book trade * book-tray * book-trough * book type * book value * bookwards * book-ways * bookwise * bookwork * book-world * bookworm * book-wright * booky * bring to book * burn book * by the book * casebook * closed book * close the books * coffee-table book * comic book * cookbook * cookery book * cook the books * copybook * coursebook * e-book * exercise book * the Good Book * guidebook * handbook * hymn book * in anyone's book * in my book * in someone's bad books * in someone's good books * in the books * know like a book * logbook * make book * matchbook * notebook * off the books * on the books * open book * passbook * pension book * phrasebook * pocket-book, pocketbook * prayer book * ration book * reading book * read like a book * reference book * rough book * scrapbook * sketch book * songbook * storybook * suit one's book * take a leaf out of someone's book * talk like a book * textbook * throw the book at * without book * wordbook * workbook * yearbookSee also
* incunable * scroll * tome * volumeVerb
(en verb)- I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night
- I can book tickets for the concert next week.
- They booked that message from the hill
- The police booked him for driving too fast.
- He was really booking , until he passed the speed trap.
- The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class.
- He was here earlier, but he booked .