booked

verb

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

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

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Recent Examples of booked He was booked on child molestation charges in 2003, but acquitted on criminal counts. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026 After investigating the incident and consulting with the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office, police said on Thursday that Thompson was arrested and booked into jail on one count of murder. — Brandon Downs, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Parms, 51, was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on June 21. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026 Fuentes was booked on charges of felony vandalism, vehicle theft and felony evading, the Police Department said. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 He was booked into the Orange County Jail, according to the county’s inmate locator. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Never mind that the pop singer had never booked a professional role before. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026 When teams don’t agree on what’s real, working capital slips through the cracks before the deal is booked. — Ashish Srimal, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 The 70-room Hotel Keflavík in the Reykjanesbaer municipality was fully booked, with guests hoping to see around one minute and 45 seconds of totality. — Suman Naishadham, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booked
  1. reserved
  2. moved
  3. hired
  4. exited
  5. departed
  6. went
  7. got
  8. bailed
Verb
  • The real insider move, however, is Bar Analco, the speakeasy hidden behind the Dragon Room Bar and reserved exclusively for hotel guests.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026
  • One step towards that goal is barring the federal temporary work visas that are reserved for high-skilled immigrant workers, the governor said.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of reserved
Verb
  • Nashville then moved two goals clear in the 56th minute when Cristian Espinoza sent a pass across toward the near post and Surridge converted nonchalantly with a beautiful heel flick.
    — Dean Jones, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Olivia Colman’s first standout work that moved her from sketch comedy to dramatic feature film was Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of moved
Verb
  • Glenn hired Reich and Brian Duker as his offensive and defensive coordinators, respectively.
    — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Section 502-a states that a candidate chosen as town manager may live elsewhere when offered the job, but has to relocate if hired.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of hired
Verb
  • Smaller events might use them to attract star names who have exited a bigger tournament early and need some match reps.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Athletics left-hander Brady Basso exited the game after just one out in the third inning.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of exited
Verb
  • Iranian officials were still making requests the day the flight departed, although one official wrote that those requests were denied.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Now Manchester City will have to replace him, as well as Guardiola who departed at the end of last season.
    — Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of departed
Verb
  • His scoreless streak then went the way of the Metrodome before recording a single out in Minneapolis.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Even Timmy Chang at Hawaii went 9-4 after three consecutive losing seasons following a program reset.
    — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of went
Verb
  • No inside linebacker got more work on Friday than Murdock, whose 47 snaps were 13 more than any other player who saw the field defensively for the Broncos.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Wyatt Olds made his major league debut for Boston and got his first career strikeout.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of got
Verb
  • His parents bailed him out of jail for $10,000 just days before the killings, according to authorities, LocalSYR and the Rome Sentinel reported.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026
  • In other words, nearly half of America’s crypto investors have bailed.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 26 July 2026
Definition of bailed

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