Bibliography

//bɪbliˈɒɡɹəfi// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.

    "The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort."

  2. 2
    a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.) wordnet
  3. 3
    A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.
  4. 4
    The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.

Example

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"Hand in a bibliography of your sources."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βιβλιογραφία (bibliographía, “the act or habit of writing books”), from βιβλιογράφος (bibliográphos, “a writer of books”), from βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).

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