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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A booklet containing problems and exercises with space included for written answers.
  • noun A manual containing operating instructions, as for an appliance or machine.
  • noun A book in which a record is kept of work proposed or accomplished.

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  • noun A book used by a student in which answers and workings may be entered besides questions and exercises
  • noun A book, used by a business, containing a record of work to be done, or work completed

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a student's book or booklet containing problems with spaces for solving them

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  • Deshaw:: GBO:: Util:: Mkdir ($dirName); my $workbook = Spreadsheet:: WriteExcel - > new ($out_file_path); if (not defined $workbook) {error "Failed to create workbook"; return FALSE;

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  • When the workbook is open, the lesson is on the top page, with room to draw on the bottom page.

    The Manga Artist’s Workbook » Comics Worth Reading 2009

  • The reason this workbook is called a workbook is because it requires work on your part.

    Backtalk Audrey Ricker 1995

  • The reason this workbook is called a workbook is because it requires work on your part.

    Backtalk Audrey Ricker 1995

  • The reason this workbook is called a workbook is because it requires work on your part.

    Backtalk Audrey Ricker 1995

  • The reason this workbook is called a workbook is because it requires work on your part.

    Backtalk Audrey Ricker 1995

  • Note 19: One such workbook is that by Florence Loop, Graded Sewing Exercises, Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera, Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library. back

    "Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930 2006

  • (Note to the science teacher: Covering a soft back book that resembles a workbook is not as easy as you made it sound at Open House.

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  • As I haven’t taken the English language AP exam yet (i’m a high-school junior), I don’t know how effective this workbook is compared to the difficulty of the test, but I looked through it and started working on it a little, and it’s very neat (and thin) ..

    5 Steps to a 5 AP English Language, Second Edition « Books « Literacy News 2009

  • My mother left me with a sketchpad and pencils, the word search workbook, and the latest People magazine.

    Left Neglected Lisa Genova 2011

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