bibliographic
Use Bibliographic in a sentence
liˈɒg noun, plural bib·li·og·ra·phies.
1.
a complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer.
2.
a list of source materials that are used or consulted in the preparation of a work or that are referred to in the text.
3.
a branch of library science dealing with the history, physical description, comparison, and classification of books and other works.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To bibliographic
00:10
Bibliographic
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Collins
World English Dictionary
bibliography (ˌbɪblɪˈɒɡrəfɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -phies | |
| 1. | a list of books or other material on a subject |
| 2. | a list of sources used in the preparation of a book, thesis, etc |
| 3. | a list of the works of a particular author or publisher |
| 4. | a. the study of the history, classification, etc, of literary material |
| b. a work on this subject | |
| bibli'ographer | |
| —n | |
| bibliographic | |
| —adj | |
| biblio'graphical | |
| —adj | |
| biblio'graphically | |
| —adv | |
| bibliography (ˌbɪblɪˈɒɡrəfɪ) | |
| —n , pl -phies | |
| 1. | a list of books or other material on a subject |
| 2. | a list of sources used in the preparation of a book, thesis, etc |
| 3. | a list of the works of a particular author or publisher |
| 4. | a. the study of the history, classification, etc, of literary material |
| b. a work on this subject | |
| bibli'ographer | |
| —n | |
| bibliographic | |
| —adj | |
| biblio'graphical | |
| —adj | |
| biblio'graphically | |
| —adv | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
bibliography
1670s, "the writing of books," from Gk. bibliographia "the writing of books," from biblio- + graphos "(something) drawn or written." Sense of "a list of books that form the literature of a subject" is first attested 1869. Related: Bibliographic; bibliographical.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
bibliography definition
A list of the written sources of information on a subject. Bibliographies generally appear as a list at the end of a book or article. They may show what works the author used in writing the article or book, or they may list works that a reader might find useful.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Example sentences
A single author is nominated to simplify bibliographic references.
It contains the bibliographic information for the selected article and the word count.
In library descriptive cataloging the definition of a monograph is a complete bibliographic unit or item.
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
