Definition

Verb: - To reserve or purchase all the available tickets, seats, or places for an event, service, or time period, leaving none for others.

Usage

This verb is typically used to describe a situation where demand completely meets or exceeds the available supply for reservations. It often implies that something is fully sold out or completely scheduled. It is commonly used in the passive voice (e.g., "be booked up").

Examples

• Verb:
  • The concert was booked up months in advance. (All tickets for the concert were sold many months before it happened.)
  • I tried to get a table, but the restaurant is booked up for the entire weekend. (I attempted to make a reservation, but the restaurant has no available tables for the whole weekend.)
  • Her schedule is booked up with meetings until Friday. (Her calendar is completely filled with appointments, leaving no free time until Friday.)

Advanced Usage

• "to be fully booked up": An emphatic form meaning completely reserved or sold out.
  • The flight is fully booked up; we'll have to wait for the next one. (There are absolutely no seats left on that airplane.)
• The term often carries a connotation of popularity or high demand, as it describes a state of having no remaining availability.

Variants and Related Words

• Book (verb): To reserve or arrange to use something (e.g., a seat, room, ticket) at a later time.
  • I need to book a hotel room for my trip.
• Booked (adjective): Having all spaces or times reserved; engaged.
  • The hotel is booked.
• Booking (noun): A reservation.
  • I made a booking for two at the new restaurant.

Synonyms

• Sell out: To have all items or tickets purchased.
• Be fully reserved: To have all spaces or appointments taken.
• Be full: To have no more available capacity.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Book in/into: To officially register one's arrival at a hotel, conference, etc.
  • We booked into the hotel just after noon.
• Book out: To officially record one's departure (from a hotel, library, etc.).
  • You must book out of the hostel before 11 AM.

Related Idioms

• Fully committed: Completely obligated or scheduled, often used similarly for time.
  • I can't take on another project; I'm fully committed this quarter.

Verb

1. book all available places or tickets