noun · neutral
library
UK/ˈlaɪbrəri/US/ˈlaɪbrɛri/LI·bra·ry
A place where books, periodicals, and sometimes films and recordings are kept for people to read or borrow.
Examples
“I borrowed three books from the library yesterday.”
“The university library is open until midnight during exams.”
“She spent the afternoon studying in the library.”
Band 8 sentence
“When researching for my essay I relied on the university library's digital databases as well as printed journals.”
Collocations
- go to the library
- library books
- library resources
Word family
Common mistakes
go to library→go to the library
borrow from the lib→borrow from the library
Say it for a higher band
5bookshop→6archive→7+library
Synonyms
bookshop
Easily confused
bookshop
“I bought the novel at the bookshop near campus.”
archive
“The archive contains historical government records.”
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