lib

Examples

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• More than six hundred years before "Women's Lib," there were amazing women doing remarkable things.

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• Please check here for the schedule of Work Sessions in LIB 105.

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• Gloria has been reading a book about women's lib.

  Rush (1991)

• The local lib has a great collection of both fiction and non-fiction books.

• I borrowed a novel from the lib to read on my vacation.

• During my free time, I often visit the lib to study or find new books.

Synonyms

L

library

vslib

482 1.0

A collection of books kept for people to borrow or study

is an informal name rather than the standard term

P

public library

vslib

34 1.0

A place where anyone can borrow books and use services for free

is an informal name that does not imply funding or free access

L

lending library

vslib

3 2.3

A place where you borrow books to take home for a short time

is an informal name for the place and not focused only on lending

C

circulating library

vslib

1 5.1

A library that lends books to members to take home

is an informal name for that place without membership restriction

Idioms

A

ad lib

1 7.7

Says or does something without planning

Compounds

W

women's lib

• Archaic

3 4.6

A movement for equal rights and opportunities for women

G

gay lib

• Archaic

7.9

A movement that fights for the rights of people attracted to the same sex

How Big

National Library of Medicine

• Formal

1 3.9

lib

• Informal

3 9.2

collection

759 1.4

Surface Forms

Etymology