書 — meaning in English
shū
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English meaning
- book noun A set of printed or written pages bound together, meant to be read.
Senses
書 is used for these senses in English:
- book A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
- book A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.
book — full definition
- noun A set of printed or written pages bound together, meant to be read.
- noun A record of a business's financial transactions (usually plural: "the books").
- noun A person or organization that takes bets on the outcome of events; short for bookmaker.
- verb To arrange or reserve something in advance.
- verb To formally record a suspect's details after an arrest.