booked
Adjective: 1. Reserved in advance: Having been arranged, scheduled, or secured for a future time or date, typically for a service, seat, or appointment. - Example: The hotel room was booked for three nights. - Example: She is booked for a dental check-up next Tuesday.
The adjective "booked" describes a state where a reservation or appointment has been made. It is commonly used with services like travel, accommodation, and professional appointments. It often follows a form of the verb "to be" (e.g., is, are, was, were) or "to have" (e.g., have booked, had booked).
Examples: - All the seats on the flight are booked. - I'm sorry, the photographer is fully booked until next month. - We have booked a table at the restaurant for 8 PM. (Here, "booked" is the past participle of the verb "to book," describing the completed action of making a reservation.)
- To be booked up: To have all available slots or spaces fully reserved.
- The concert is completely booked up; no more tickets are available.
- Booked solid: An emphatic phrase meaning completely full with reservations or appointments.
- The renowned surgeon's schedule is booked solid for the next six months.
- Book (verb): To arrange or reserve something in advance.
- I need to book a rental car for our trip.
- Booking (noun): The act of reserving or an instance of being reserved.
- I confirmed my booking online.
- Reserved
- Scheduled
- Engaged
- Taken
- Book in/Book into: To officially register one's arrival, especially at a hotel.
- We booked into the hotel late in the evening.
- Book out: To officially record one's departure.
- You must book out of the hostel before 11 AM.
- In the books: Recorded or finalized.
- The deal is in the books, so we can start the project.
- By the book: Strictly according to the rules or official procedures.
- The police officer always does everything by the book. (Note: This idiom uses "book" as a noun, not the adjective "booked").
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