booking
noun
Simple meaning
A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈbʊkɪŋ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation.
sports
The issuing of a caution which is usually written down in a book, and results in a yellow card or (after two bookings) a red card, that is to say, the player is sent from the field of play.
The engagement of a performer for a particular performance.
The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation.
Used this way, booking is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use booking
- “The play had bookings throughout the summer.”noun
- “Wondered who had made the booking.”noun
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
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A written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together).
Word family
Words built from the same root.
Someone who engages a person or company for performances.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Someone who engages a person or company for performances.
Someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations).
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