booked

verb

Definition of bookednext
past tense of book
1
as in reserved
to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use we booked a conference room for the meeting next week

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
2
as in exited
slang to leave a place often for another I'm running late, so I've got to book

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Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for booked
  1. reserved
  2. exited
  3. hired
  4. departed
  5. went
  6. started
  7. evacuated
  8. escaped
Verb
  • As the sixth Malt Master in Glenfiddich’s 130-year history, Brian has taken on a role reserved for only a select few since William Grant & Sons first distilled a drop of whisky.
    Noel Burgess, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Phil opened a non-public back door and reserved a parking space.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of reserved
Verb
  • Despite this, the number of animals in shelters remains high—in the first half of 2024, 322,000 more pets entered shelters than exited them.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Our emphasis on clear succession planning ensured smooth transitions when leaders moved roles or exited.
    Padmakumar Nair, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of exited
Verb
  • McCarthy was hired two days later.
    Saad Yousuf, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
  • He was hired after Dodgers executive Lon Rosen saw an episode of the family’s reality television series, For Peete’s Sake, which focused on helping RJ land a job.
    Alex Gurley, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of hired
Verb
  • One surprisingly active club has been the Athletics, who have departed Oakland and will play their home games in Sacramento in the near term.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Multiple other execs in the C-suite departed in the time since, most recently president and chief operating officer Chris Ruble, who was terminated in December.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of departed
Verb
  • Those bleak years devastated the American rail industry, as revenue fell by 50 percent from 1928 to 1933, and a third of the country’s railroads went into bankruptcy.
    Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Someone won a $68 million jackpot in New York on Christmas Eve in 2002, but that prize went unclaimed.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of went
Verb
  • Really then, the New Year has already started at Madison Square Garden, for the Knicks if not the hockey team whose name must not be mentioned.
    Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In September some jurisdictions started signing a multilateral instrument for implementing the subject-to-tax rule.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of started
Verb
  • Levy, who is the current honorary mayor of the Pacific Palisades, evacuated the area early Tuesday, according to The Los Angeles Times, which spoke with him while he was stuck in traffic.
    Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025
  • As shown in Pratt’s Instagram Stories, the house burned to the ground, but their entire family was evacuated to safety.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of evacuated
Verb
  • Oklahoma went into Knoxville and barely escaped with a win over Tennessee.
    Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Like police officers who protected them, lawmakers who were in the Capitol during the attack have a visceral reaction to the pardon talk, having barely escaped a mob that seemed determined to do them harm.
    Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of escaped
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