[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/library/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [L](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/l/) / library # library noun (library, libraries) «library» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A library is a place with many books, and often films and computers, that people can borrow or use. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/library/#m1) 2. A library is also a room in a school or house where books are kept. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/library/#m2) 3. A library is a collection of books, music or games that someone owns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/library/#m3) 4. In computing, a library is a set of ready-made code. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/library/#m4) ### In the lessons In maths it is a place with books counted on shelves, borrowed and returned: borrowed books are taken away, returned books are added back, and books per shelf × shelves gives the total. In everyday life children get a library card, borrow books for a few weeks and return them by the due date; you keep quiet so others can read. ### Examples - The library has 500 books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/library/#x1) - Each shelf holds 40 books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/library/#x2) - 25 books were borrowed and 10 returned. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/library/#x3) - How many books are in the library now? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/library/#x4) - I got my first library card today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/library/#x5) - Our class visits the school library every Friday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/library/#x6) - Please be quiet in the library. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/library/#x7) - You must return the books within three weeks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/library/#x8) - The public library has free computers and story time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/library/#x9) - So Lionel went down into the library. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/library/#x10) ### Note Plural: «libraries» (y changes to ies). Spelling trap: two r's, «li-brar-y» (not «libary»). False friend: in some languages a similar word means a bookshop; a library lends books, a bookshop sells them. A librarian works in a library. Maths: books per shelf × shelves gives the total. ## In Jewish tradition In maths it is a place with books counted on shelves, borrowed and returned: borrowed books are taken away, returned books are added back, and books per shelf × shelves gives the total. In everyday life children get a library card, borrow books for a few weeks and return them by the due date; you keep quiet so others can read. ### Examples - All these translations are out of print and are rarely found even in well regulated libraries. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/library/#x1) - Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/library/#x2) - Interested readers can check the 1562 Mantua edition for themselves through the digital archives of the National Library of Israel: nli.org.il/he/books/NNLALEPH990012793690205171/NLI. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/library/#x3) ### Note Plural: «libraries» (y changes to ies). Spelling trap: two r's, «li-brar-y» (not «libary»). False friend: in some languages a similar word means a bookshop; a library lends books, a bookshop sells them. A librarian works in a library. Maths: books per shelf × shelves gives the total. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «library» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/library/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«library» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/library.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «library» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/library/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«library» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/library.html) on Mova free.