The play Macbeth first appeared in Shakespeare's First Folio of 1623.
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Folio
/ˈfəʊlɪəʊ/
Synonyms for "folio" (144 found)
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Closest matches (29)
acknowledgmentacknowledgmentsarticlebackback matterbastard titlebest sellerbibliographybookbook endbook supportbook tablebook traybook truckbookcasebookholderbookrackbookrestbookshelfbookstack
Strong matches (43)
Related words (72)
mediumnonbooknotebooknovelnumberoctavooctodecimoopusopusculeopusculumpagepaperbackparagraphpassagephrasepicture bookplaybookpocket bookportfolioprayer book
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prefacepreliminariesproductionpsalmbookpsalterpublicationquartorectoreversorevolving bookcaseroyalrunning titlesectionsentenceserialsextodecimosheetsignaturesixteenmosizesketchbooksoft coversoft-coversongbookstackstandard workstorybooksubtitlesupertable of contentstailtexttitletitle pagetometrade booktrim sizetwelvemotype pageverseversovolumeworkwriting
Noun(8 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: leaf, acknowledgment, acknowledgments, article, back.
- Sentence evidence is available for folio, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
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Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "folio".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "folio"
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Replacement workflow
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2. Tune tone
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Final fit check
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Related word relations
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6 entriesartist foliolarge foliopresentation foliorecto foliosmall folioverso folio
Collocations
6 entriesfolio editionfolio pagefolio sizelarge foliomanuscript foliopresentation folio
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
6 entriesSample sentences
19 total sentences available.
The missing folio caused uncertainty about the manuscript's original structure.
Source: tatoeba (13598757)
[Thomas] Hood also presented his treatises in such a way that conveniently accessing specific lessons was difficult, if not impossible, for the reader-practitioner. For example, his book entitled The Vse of Both the Globes, Celestiall and Terrestriall... (1592) was roughly two hundred pages long but did not include such helpful tools as an index, a table of contents, or even folio numbers. In order to refer to some lesson that he might need, the reader would have to leaf through the text until the passage in question was found, or else rely upon his own marginal notes.
Source: wiktionary
We saw above that the fourth quire consists of ten folios, two of which (folios 29 and 31) Richer added to a quaternion (folios 23 to 28, 30, 32). Most of the folios Richer added to his manuscript supplement, elaborate, or amend text that he had already composed in the codex. In this quire, however, Richer wrote around the added folios as if it was the quire he added to them, not the converse. Indeed, if we were to remove folios 29 and 31, there would be neither grammatical nor narrative continuity between the original folios of the quire which would face each other, that is, between folios 28^(v[erso]) and 30^(r[ecto]) on the one hand, or folios 30ᵛ and 32ʳ on the other.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 19 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "folio"?
Closest matches include leaf, acknowledgment, acknowledgments, article, back.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "folio"?
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