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bookmark

[ book-mahrk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a ribbon or other marker placed between the pages of a book to mark a place.
a bookplate.
Digital Technology.
1. Also called favorite. a link to a website address saved electronically in a browser to facilitate quick access to the web page.
2. an electronic pointer created in a computer file to facilitate quick access to a specific part of the text.

Digital Technology. to create a bookmark for:
I bookmarked ten of my favorite blogs.

bookmark

/ ˈbʊkˌmɑːk /

Also calledbookmarker a strip or band of some material, such as leather or ribbon, put between the pages of a book to mark a place
computing
1. an address for a website stored on a computer so that the user can easily return to the site
2. an identifier placed in a document so that part of the document can be accessed easily

tr computing
1. to identify and store (a website) so that one can return to it easily
2. to place a bookmark in (a document)

First recorded in 1860–65; book + mark ¹

Bookmark this page as our political reporters watch the returns from Illinois—and react in real time on Twitter.

Bookmark this page as our political reporters watch the returns from Alabama and Mississippi—and react in real time on Twitter.

Bookmark this page as our political reporters watch the Super Tuesday returns—and react in real time on Twitter.

Too disturbing to read all of a piece, better to bookmark one at a time.

It was the 'Æneid,' and I began at your bookmark and tried to stagger through a page, but it floored me.

Anne read the note, kissed the bookmark, and dispatched a prompt reply back to the other side of the school.

Open and you have a simple openwork bookmark the little child can give father for birthday.

Later on Felicity told me she had worked the bookmark for him because his father used to drink before he ran away.

And, and,” Lucile whispered the words, “was there a bookmark in the upper corner of the inside of the front cover?

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