Best Alternative Words for BOOK
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record | verbv | |||||||
noun • anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events • sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove • the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had • the sum of recognized accomplishments • a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone • an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport) • a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction • a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted verb • make a record of; set down in permanent form • register electronically • indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments • be aware of | ||||||||
volume | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object • the property of something that is great in magnitude • physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together • a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications • a relative amount • the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction) | ||||||||
tome | nounn | |||||||
noun • a (usually) large and scholarly book | ||||||||
chronicle | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a record or narrative description of past events verb • record in chronological order; make a historical record | ||||||||
codex | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an official list of chemicals or medicines etc. • an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll) | ||||||||
compendium | nounn | |||||||
noun • a publication containing a variety of works • a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work | ||||||||
diary | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations • a personal journal (as a physical object) | ||||||||
dictionary | nounn | |||||||
noun • a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them | ||||||||
encyclopedia | nounn | |||||||
noun • a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty | ||||||||
guide | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • someone employed to conduct others • someone who shows the way by leading or advising • something that offers basic information or instruction • a model or standard for making comparisons • someone who can find paths through unexplored territory • a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something verb • direct the course; determine the direction of travelling • take somebody somewhere • be a guiding or motivating force or drive • use as a guide • pass over, across, or through | ||||||||
handbook | nounn | |||||||
noun • a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location | ||||||||
journal | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations • a periodical dedicated to a particular subject • a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred • a record book as a physical object • the part of the axle contained by a bearing | ||||||||
log | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches • the exponent required to produce a given number • a written record of messages sent or received • a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane) • measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water verb • enter into a log, as on ships and planes • cut lumber, as in woods and forests | ||||||||
manuscript | nounn | |||||||
noun • the form of a literary work submitted for publication • handwritten book or document | ||||||||
narrative | nounn | |||||||
noun • a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program adjective satellite • consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story | ||||||||
novel | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story • a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction adjective satellite • original and of a kind not seen before • pleasantly new or different | ||||||||
opus | nounn | |||||||
noun • a musical work that has been created | ||||||||
publication | nounn | |||||||
noun • a copy of a printed work offered for distribution • the act of issuing printed materials • the communication of something to the public; making information generally known • the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution | ||||||||
reference | nounn | |||||||
noun • a remark that calls attention to something or someone • a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage • an indicator that orients you generally • a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts • a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability • the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to • the act of referring or consulting • a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to • (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored • the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to verb • refer to | ||||||||
register | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an official written record of names or events or transactions • (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments • a book in which names and transactions are listed • (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind • an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room • a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device • a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill verb • record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions • record in a public office or in a court of law • enroll to vote • be aware of • indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments • have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties • show in one's face • manipulate the registers of an organ • send by registered mail • enter into someone's consciousness | ||||||||