bluebook
bluebook noun: a blank booklet of lined paper used in the administration of examinations, so named because of its pale blue front and back covers.
Noun
bluebook (plural bluebooks)
- A blank booklet of lined paper used in the administration of examinations, so named because of its pale blue front and back covers.
- Bluebooks are designed to prevent cheating but sometimes they provide cover for cheaters when the student brings an extra blue book with notes, equations, dates, etc. (Wein 1).2000, Ann Lathrop, Kathleen E. Foss, Student Cheating and Plagiarism in the Internet Era: A Wake-up Call, Libraries Unlimited, page 144
- The words you will eventually write in your exam bluebook will include the words you have learned by heart, but they will constitute only a portion of the analytical presentation you will develop.2003, Tonsing, Dennis J., 1000 Days to the Bar, But the Practice of Law Begins Now, Wm. S. Hein Publishing, page 84
Verb
bluebook (third-person singular simple present bluebooks, present participle bluebooking, simple past and past participle bluebooked)
- To format a document, particularly a legal document including citations, according to the rules of the Bluebook, a US style guide.
- After all, the nonmember author who has never participated in the endless chores of bluebooking and typing is more successful than most law review members in writing a piece of publishable quality.1988, The Hastings Law Journal, Vol. 39, Part 2, page 914
- To have players describe, in writing and in-between regular role-playing sessions, character activities that don't involve the entire group.
Proper noun capitalized: Bluebook
Bluebook
- A style guide on legal citation.
Forms of bluebook
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bluebooks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bluebooks |
| present participle | bluebooking |
| past participle | bluebooked |
| past | bluebooked |
Origin of bluebook
From blue + book.
Questions about bluebook
- What does bluebook mean?
- Bluebook means a blank booklet of lined paper used in the administration of examinations, so named because of its pale blue front and back covers.
- What part of speech is bluebook?
- Bluebook can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of bluebook?
- The plural of bluebook is bluebooks.
Words near bluebook in the dictionary
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