notebook

«notebook» in Mova's school dictionary: a small book with empty pages for writing — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (notebook, notebooks)

meaning for a pupil

1) A notebook is a small book with empty pages for writing. tree →

2) A notebook is also a small, light laptop computer. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: a thing bought, counted or shared at school; price per notebook, pages per notebook. In school: exercise books and notebooks for each subject; a science notebook for observations. In everyday life: back-to-school shopping lists. In stories: a secret notebook or diary that holds a clue.

examples

• A notebook costs 2 dollars. tree →
• She bought 5 notebooks. tree →
• Each notebook has 80 pages. tree →
• How many notebooks can he buy with 12 dollars? tree →
• Write your observations in your science notebook. tree →
• He keeps a notebook of bird sightings. tree →
• Open your notebooks to a new page. tree →
• The detective found a clue in the old notebook. tree →

note

A thing counted. «Each notebook costs» gives a rate: cost = price × notebooks. Trap: «pages in each notebook» and «notebooks» must be multiplied, not added. «How many can he buy» means divide and round down. In the UK, a school notebook is often called an exercise book.

In the corpora

• The officer asked calm, plain questions and wrote Kieran's name in her notebook.
• He called the notebook «the book of truth».
• Two days later she asks him, «Do you like drawing?» — he shows her a notebook of amazing robots.
• Open your pencil case: paper in your notebook, printed words on the cover, maybe a compass on your ruler.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «notebook» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.