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British Library
" If I'm researching something strange and rococo, I'll go to the London Library or the British Library and look it up in books."
Ben Schott

Meaning of "British Library" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF BRITISH LIBRARY

British Library


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRITISH LIBRARY

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British Library is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BRITISH LIBRARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

British Library

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from many countries, in many languages and in many formats, both print and digital: books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings. The Library's collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial holdings of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 2000 BC. The British Library is the largest library in the world by number of items catalogued. However, such metrics are of limited utility due to the variety of cataloguing methods employed by institutions. As a legal deposit library, the British Library receives copies of all books produced in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including a significant proportion of overseas titles distributed in the UK. It also has a programme for content acquisitions. The British Library adds some three million items every year occupying 9.6 kilometres of new shelf space.

Definition of British Library in the English dictionary

The definition of British Library in the dictionary is the British national library, formed in 1973 from the British Museum library and other national collections: housed mainly in the British Museum until 1997 when a purpose-built library in St Pancras, London, was completed.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRITISH LIBRARY

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WORDS THAT END LIKE BRITISH LIBRARY

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Synonyms and antonyms of British Library in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «British Library» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRITISH LIBRARY

Find out the translation of British Library to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of British Library from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «British Library» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

大英图书馆
1,325 millions of speakers
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British Library
570 millions of speakers
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English

British Library
510 millions of speakers
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ब्रिटिश लाइब्रेरी
380 millions of speakers
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المكتبة البريطانية
280 millions of speakers
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Британская библиотека
278 millions of speakers
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Biblioteca Britânica
270 millions of speakers
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ব্রিটিশ লাইব্রেরী
260 millions of speakers
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British Library
220 millions of speakers
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Perpustakaan British
190 millions of speakers
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british Library
180 millions of speakers
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英国図書館
130 millions of speakers
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영국 도서관
85 millions of speakers
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Perpustakaan Inggris
85 millions of speakers
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Thư viện Anh
80 millions of speakers
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பிரிட்டிஷ் நூலகம்
75 millions of speakers
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ब्रिटिश लायब्ररी
75 millions of speakers
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İngiliz Kütüphanesi
70 millions of speakers
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British Library
65 millions of speakers
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British Library
50 millions of speakers
uk

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Британська бібліотека
40 millions of speakers
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British Library
30 millions of speakers
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Βρετανική Βιβλιοθήκη
15 millions of speakers
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British Library
14 millions of speakers
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British Library
10 millions of speakers
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British Library
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of British Library

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRITISH LIBRARY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of British Library
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «British Library».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about British Library

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3 QUOTES WITH «BRITISH LIBRARY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word British Library.
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David Morrissey
I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library.
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David Nicholls
I work three days at home, and two days in the British Library or the London Library, just to get out of the house and hide from the children.
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Ben Schott
If I'm researching something strange and rococo, I'll go to the London Library or the British Library and look it up in books.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRITISH LIBRARY»

Discover the use of British Library in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to British Library and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The British Library Guide to Manuscript Illumination: ...
An introduction to the history and techniques of manuscript illumination that offers a thorough and accessible historical overview of techniques and processes, illustrated with examples, diagrams, and photographs of craftspeople at work.
Christopher De Hamel, 2001
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The British Library Guide to Printing: History and Techniques
An introduction to the history and techniques of printing that offers a thorough and accessible historical overview of techniques and processes, illustrated with examples, diagrams, and photographs of craftspeople at work.
Michael Twyman, 1998
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The British Library Guide to Bookbinding: History and Techniques
An introduction to the history and techniques of bookbinding that offers a thorough and accessible historical overview of techniques and processes, illustrated with examples, diagrams, and photographs of craftspeople at work.
P. J. M. Marks, 1998
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A Gāndhārī Version of the Rhinoceros Sūtra: British Library ...
Examines in detail the complete text of the Rhinoceros Sutra found in the British Library's Kharosthi scrolls--the oldest Buddhist texts ever found.
Richard Salomon, 2000
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The British Library Guide to Writing and Scripts: History ...
An introduction to the history and techniques of writing that offers a thorough and accessible historical overview of techniques and processes, illustrated with examples, diagrams, and photographs of crafts people at work.
Michelle P. Brown, 1998
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Anglo-Saxon Remedies, Charms, and Prayers from British ...
The collection is therefore of prime importance to the history of folk medicine in Europe.
Edward Pettit, 2001
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Three Gāndhārī Ekottarikāgama-type Sūtras: British Library ...
The book describes the condition of the scroll and its reconstruction; examines in detail the literary and textual background of the sutras; and presents a transcription of the extant text, a reconstruction, and an English translation.
Mark Allon, Andrew Glass, 2001
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Maps in the atlases of The British Library: a descriptive ...
Accompanying ... "CD-ROM contains the index to the two printed volumes. Searches can be made for principal atlas-makers or book authors, personal names of surveyors, map-makers, engravers, etc., or geographical area of map." -- disc label.
Rodney W. Shirley, British Library, 2004
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The design and construction of the British Library
This book reveals how Professor Wilson and his team responded to successive changes in the Brief, whilst determinedly maintaining a commitment to the very highest quality in all aspects of a building designed to last 250 years.
Colin St. John Wilson, 1998
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Revelations of Divine Love, Translated from British Library ...
Frances Beer chooses Julian's first, more intimate, Revelations on which to base this accessible edition and study of her life and work.
Julian (of Norwich), Frances Beer, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRITISH LIBRARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term British Library is used in the context of the following news items.
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Making music with the world's oldest computers at The National …
The archive, the first of its kind, represents the phenomenal progress of computing over the past 70 years and is lodged in the British Library as ... «MK News, Jul 15»
2
Preserving the U.K.'s Audio Treasures
From forgotten dialects to lost performances, the British Library is a treasure trove of rare recordings. That's the good news. The bad news is ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
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How to spot a psychopath in the office
'There are 70,000 books with "leadership" in the title in the British Library,' he says. 'If you read one each day for the rest of your life you ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
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Report: Faster Speeds, Less Space on Internet
In this photo taken Wednesday, April 3, 2013, people work on their computers at the British Library in London. «VOA Learning English, Jul 15»
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you will hate me after reading this list
... of my utterly unthinkable opinions, using images from the fantastic collection of images recently released to the public by the British Library. «ChicagoNow, Jul 15»
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70 years of computing captured in musical composition
... Curator of Wildlife & Environmental Sounds at The British Library. “The compositional element of the archive also demonstrates the versatility ... «E&T magazine, Jul 15»
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Student debaters from a Bushey school awarded top prizes in …
... finals of the Institute of Ideas Debating Matters Competition 2015, which took place between Friday, June 26 and Sunday, June 28 at the British Library. «Watford Observer, Jul 15»
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Crossley joins Hachette Children's as pre-school publisher
She started her career at Kingfisher and later worked for the British Library and BBC Worldwide Books. Her appointment comes at a time when ... «The Bookseller, Jul 15»
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Female entrepreneurs urged to showcase ideas at European …
The awards will be held at The British Library on October 14th as part of a two day exhibition and conference exploring the place of copyright ... «Fresh Business Thinking, Jul 15»
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And the Winner of the 2015 Caine Prize For African Writing is …
On Saturday, I had the pleasure of meeting all 5 of the shortlisted candidates at the Africa Writes festival, British Library in London. I was in awe ... «Bella Naija, Jul 15»
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