booked up

book

B b

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [boo k]
- /bʊk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [boo k]
- /bʊk/

Definitions of booked up words

adjective booked up If a hotel, restaurant, theatre, or transport service is booked up, it has no rooms, tables, or tickets left for a time or date. 3
adjective booked up If someone is booked up, they have made so many arrangements that they have no more time to do things. 3
adjective booked up unable to offer any appointments or accept any reservations, etc; fully booked; full up 3
noun booked up a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers. 1
noun booked up a work of fiction or nonfiction in an electronic format: Your child can listen to or read the book online. See also e-book (def 1). 1
noun booked up a number of sheets of blank or ruled paper bound together for writing, recording business transactions, etc. 1

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Origin of booked up

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English, Old English bōc; cognate with Dutch boek, Old Norse bōk, German Buch; akin to Gothic boka letter (of the alphabet) and not of known relation to beech, as is often assumed

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Parts of speech for Booked up

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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booked up popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

booked up usage trend in Literature

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