library

[LiĀ·bra*ry]

A library is a place where collections of books are kept. If you ever want a reminder of how very much there is to learn in this world, pay a visit to your local library.

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A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library.

Noun
a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study

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a room where books are kept; "they had brandy in the library"

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a building that houses a collection of books and other materials

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(computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use

Noun
a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing

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n.
A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library.

n.
A building or apartment appropriated for holding such a collection of books.


Library

Li"bra*ry , n.; pl. Libraries . [OE. librairie, F. librairie bookseller's shop, book trade, formerly, a library, fr. libraire bookseller, L. librarius, from liber book; cf. libraria bookseller's shop, librarium bookcase, It. libreria. See Libel.] 1. A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library. 2. A building or apartment appropriated for holding such a collection of books. Holland.

A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library.

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Usage Examples

As a child, I wanted only two things - to be left alone to read my library books, and to get away from my provincial hometown and go to London to be a writer. And I always knew that when I got there, I wanted to make loads of money.

Both my mum and dad were great readers, and we would go every Saturday morning to the library, and my sister and I had a library card when we could pass off something as a signature, and all of us would come with an armful of books.

I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves - you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I'd written a thousand stories.

A library implies an act of faith.

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.

I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book.

A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.

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Other Usage Examples

Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history of pinheads.

I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon. It was there, with no help except curiosity and the will to learn, that my taste for reading developed and was refined.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.

Basically I was a rebel growing up. I got kicked out of six schools. But I don't think that it makes you less of an intellect. You know, if you ever crave knowledge, there's always a library.

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.

I mean, for all of his faults and the troubles in his marriage, Bill Clinton is still married to a girl he met in the library 25 years ago at school. Can we say that about many of our other leaders today in America, including on the right wing?

I always say that the real success of Wine Library wasn't due to the videos I posted, but to the hours I spent talking to people online afterward, making connections and building relationships.

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