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Inflections of 'library' (n): npl: libraries

Collocations for "library"

Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "library" in context.

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library

n

at the [school, public, local, university] library
a [music, book, lending] library
a [large, personal, huge] music library
a [video, digital, photo, stock] library (of)
(houses) a vast library of [books, art]
go to the library for research
go to the library to [study, work]
is in the library (studying)
[borrow, check out] a book from the library
[return, take back] a book to the library
a library open to the public
the library of Congress
(the house has) a library [in the basement, upstairs]

n as adj

pay a library fine
have a library card
the library hours
library [catalogues, services, systems]
[borrow, check out] a library book

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'library' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

aloud - archive - book - borrow - browse - check - confine - direct - disruption - exchange - experience - fantasy - house - inmate - lending - loan - loud - mobile - organization - overdue - past - pillar - point - public - quiet - reading - reference - renew - renewal - return - silent - site - study - tutor

Forum discussions with the word(s) "library" in the title:

'Check out' a book (purchase in a store / borrow from a library) - English Only forum
(on) what days will the city library close - English Only forum
(The system) adds a background to the frames[,] selected by the user from a library - English Only forum
[Prepositions] <at> < in> the library - English Only forum
A good place to study.../Library is a good place - English Only forum
A library is a place where there are... - English Only forum
A library/collection of games - English Only forum
a welcome addition to the library - English Only forum
a/the book I borrowed from the library - English Only forum
a/the library - English Only forum
a/the/zero article in front of library - English Only forum
access the library from the comfort of their homes. - English Only forum
after I returned the library books at 6pm - English Only forum
all that cloak and dagger in the library - English Only forum
among <the> books and maps in the library - English Only forum
Anne (is studying / has been studying) in the library since nine o'clock. - English Only forum
Architect('s?) and designer's library - English Only forum
As a child I spent a lot of time at children's library - English Only forum
Autonomous Library (of|at) University of Whatnot - English Only forum
barring the Bodleian Library - English Only forum
being less fortuitous than the Nag Hammadi Library or the Dead Sea Scrolls. - English Only forum
book-dampened library quiet - English Only forum
borrow books from/at a library - English Only forum
borrow books from/at the library - English Only forum
Borrow or lend from the library - English Only forum
But to take down the Library of Congress - English Only forum
can the noun 'library' be grammatically used like 'theatre' - English Only forum
checkout desk <in a library> - English Only forum
choose stock for the library - English Only forum
coming out to the library - English Only forum
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