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books

/bʊks/

books noun: accounting records. Also the plural of book.

Noun

books

  1. Accounting records.
    • We still have to do this month's books.
    • Pridger had been burning books and other incriminating matter now for half an hour.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

Proper noun capitalized: Books

Books

  1. (plural) plural of Book

Also used as

books is also the plural of book.

books is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of book.

books meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

books in Hindi

किताबें, पुस्तकें

books in Tamil

புத்தகங்கள், நூல்கள்

books in Marathi

पुस्तके, पुस्तकं

books in Urdu

کتابیں
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books in Bengali
বইগুলো, বইগুলি
books in Telugu
పుస్తకాలు
books in Malayalam
പുസ്തകങ്ങൾ
books in Kannada
ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳು, ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳಿವು
books in Gujarati
પુસ્તકો
books in Odia
ବହିଗୁଡ଼ିକ, ପୁସ୍ତକଗୁଡ଼ିକ
books in Nepali
पुस्तकहरू, किताबहरू

Words formed from books

Phrases with books

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Questions about books

What does books mean?
Books means accounting records.
What is books in Hindi?
Books in Hindi is किताबें, पुस्तकें. See Books meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is books?
Books can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce books?
Books is pronounced /bʊks/.

Words near books in the dictionary

  1. bookroom
  2. bookrooms
  3. bookrunner
  4. bookrunners
  5. bookrunning
  6. books
  7. books away
  8. books in
  9. books into
  10. books it
  11. books of business

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Adapted from Wiktionary: books (page history and authors); Books (page history and authors); books (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); books (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); books (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); books (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); books (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); books (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); books (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); books (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); books (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); books (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); books (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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