nnoun.actemployment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of timeSynset:engagement
Examples:- the play had bookings throughout the summer
Derivationally Related Form:book
Hypernyms:employment work
Inherited Hypernyms:engagementemploymentoccupationactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:gig
nnoun.actthe act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group)Synset:reservation
Examples:- wondered who had made the booking
Derivationally Related Form:bookreserve
Hypernyms:employment engagement
Inherited Hypernyms:bookingemploymentactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.cognitionengage for a performanceExamples:- Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo
Derivationally Related Form:bookerbooking
Hypernyms:schedule
Inherited Hypernyms:bookscheduleplanthink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s somebody PP | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.socialarrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advanceSynset:book hold reserve
Examples:- reserve me a seat on a flight
- The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family
- please hold a table at Maxim's
Derivationally Related Form:reservationbookablebooking
Hypernyms:ask for bespeak call for quest request
Inherited Hypernyms:reserverequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Direct Hyponyms:hold openkeepkeep opensave
Entailment:procure secure
Full Troponyms:keep open
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.socialrecord a charge in a police registerExamples:- The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man
Hypernyms:enter put down record
Inherited Hypernyms:bookrecordsavekeephave
Direct Hyponyms:fineticket
Full Troponyms:amerceticket
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s somebody PP
vverb.socialregister in a hotel bookerDerivationally Related Form:bookablebooking
Hypernyms:register
Inherited Hypernyms:bookregisterrecordsavekeephave
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s