library
- noun1 buildingADJECTIVE▪ large, small▪ excellent, good▪ public▪ private▪ local, national, regional▪ city, county, state, town▪ branch▪ central▪ mobile▪
a plan to provide mobile library services in rural environments
▪ well-stocked▪ circulating (historical), lending▪In 1784 he established his first circulating library.
▪ reference▪ general▪ special, specialist▪ academic, research▪ campus (esp. AmE), college, departmental, school, university▪ hospital, prison▪ copyright (in the UK)▪It is a copyright library and receives three copies of all books published in Britain.
▪ presidential (= containing documents from a particular former president) (in the US)▪the Herbert Hoover presidential library in West Branch, Iowa
VERB + LIBRARY▪ have▪The school has an excellent library.
▪ go to, use, visit▪How often do you go to the library?
▪ borrow sth from, get sth out of, take sth out of▪I got this very interesting book out of the library.
▪ return sth to, take sth back to▪Do you have any books to take back to the library?
▪ be available at, be available from▪Do you know about the other services available at your local library?
▪ have access to▪Everyone in the country should have access to a library.
LIBRARY + VERB▪ have sth, hold sth▪The library has an extensive collection of books on Chinese history.
LIBRARY + NOUN▪ book▪ record▪ shelf, stack▪ catalogue▪ card, ticket (BrE)▪ assistant, staff▪ patron (esp. AmE), user▪ facilities, provision, resources, service▪the need to improve library provision
▪ skills▪Students are taught library skills in the first week of their course.
▪ researchPREPOSITION▪ at a/the library▪a poetry reading at the local library
▪ in a/the library▪I've been reading newspapers in the library.
2 collection of books, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ considerable, extensive, huge, vast▪ fine, impressive, magnificent, valuable▪ personal▪ film, music, photographic, picture, tape, video▪ digital, electronic, online, virtualVERB + LIBRARY▪ have, possess▪The family possessed an extensive library.
▪ amass, build, build up, construct▪She had built up an impressive library of art books.
▪ add toPREPOSITION▪ library of▪a personal library of over 1 000 volumes
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