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noun
- An identification number, which identifies and locates material within a library.
- a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location.
- a combination of characters assigned to a library book to indicate its place on a shelf
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noun - A partially partitioned space for studying or reading, often in a library.
- He was busy writing his report in a small library
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noun
- (alternative spelling of, catalogue)
verb (catalogs, cataloging, cataloged, cataloged)
- (alternative spelling of, catalogue)
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noun
- A word under the right-hand side of the last line on a book page that repeats the first word on the following page.
- A word or expression repeated until it becomes representative of a party, school, business, or point of view.
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noun
- Someone or something entrusted to one's care, i.e. a child to a babysitter.
- A load or burden.
- 2005, w:Plato, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination, 261a.
- : we'll nail the sophist to it, if we can get him on that ;
- The amount of money levy, levied for a service.
- An instruction.
- An impetuous attack.
- An electric charge.
- (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
- A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
- (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon
verb (charg, ing)
- To place a burden upon.
- To assign a duty to.
- I'm charging you with cleaning up the kitchen.
- To formally accuse of a crime.
- I'm charging you with grand theft auto.
- To assign a debit to an account.
- Let's charge this to marketing.
- To pay using a credit card.
- Can I charge this with my corporate card?
- To cause to take on an electric charge.
- Rubbing amber with wool will charge it quickly.
- To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat, on horseback or both.
- (military) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
- (basketball) To commit a charging foul.
- (cricket) (of a batsman) To take a few steps doen the pitch towards the bowler as he delivers the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
- To ready a firearm for use
- Charge your weapons, we're moving up
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verb (circulat, ing)
- to move, or cause something to move, in circles or through a circuit
- to move from person to person, as at a party
- to spread or disseminate
- to become widely known
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noun
- The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affinities.
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noun
- A small separate part or one of the compartments of a room.
- Most libraries provide cubicles for quiet study.
- A small enclosure at a swimming pool etc used to provide personal privacy when changing
- a small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use
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