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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024li•brar•y /ˈlaɪbrɛri/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -brar•ies. - Library Science
- a place, as a building or set of rooms, containing books, recordings, or other reading, viewing, or listening materials arranged and cataloged in a fixed way.
- such a place together with the staff maintaining it:a public library.
- Library Scienceany collection of books or set of items resembling a library in appearance, organization, or purpose.
See -libr-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024li•brar•y (lī′brer′ē, -brə rē, -brē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -brar•ies. - Library Sciencea place set apart to contain books, periodicals, and other material for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference, as a room, set of rooms, or building where books may be read or borrowed.
- Library Sciencea public body organizing and maintaining such an establishment.
- Library Sciencea collection of manuscripts, publications, and other materials for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference.
- Library Sciencea collection of any materials for study and enjoyment, as films, musical recordings, or maps.
- Library Sciencea commercial establishment lending books for a fixed charge; a lending library.
- a series of books of similar character or alike in size, binding, etc., issued by a single publishing house.
- Genetics[Biol.]a collection of standard materials or formulations by which specimens are identified.
- canon1 (def. 9).
- Computinga collection of software or data usually reflecting a specific theme or application.
- Medieval Latin librāria, noun, nominal use of feminine of Latin librārius (adjective, adjectival) of books, equivalent. to lib(e)r book + -ārius -ary
- Middle French librairie
- Middle English libraire 1300–50
Library, with one r-sound following close upon another, is particularly vulnerable to the process of dissimilation—the tendency for neighboring like sounds to become unlike, or for one of them to disappear altogether. The pronunciation (lī′brer ē),USA pronunciation therefore, while still the most common, is frequently reduced by educated speakers, both in the U.S. and in England, to the dissimilated (lī′bə rē)USA pronunciation or (lī′brē).USA pronunciation A third dissimilated form (lī′ber ē)USA pronunciation is more likely to be heard from less educated or very young speakers, and is often criticized. See colonel, February, governor. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: library /ˈlaɪbrərɪ/ n ( pl -braries)- a room or set of rooms where books and other literary materials are kept
- a collection of literary materials, films, CDs, children's toys, etc, kept for borrowing or reference
- the building or institution that houses such a collection: a public library
- a set of books published as a series, often in a similar format
- a collection of standard programs and subroutines for immediate use, usually stored on disk or some other storage device
- a collection of specific items for reference or checking against: a library of genetic material
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French librairie, from Medieval Latin librāris, n use of Latin librārius relating to books, from liber book |