A2 a building, room, or organization that has a collection, especially of books, for people to read or borrow, usually without payment:
a public/university library
a library book
› a collection or set of books or other things, all produced in the same style or about the same subject:
the Penguin Shakespeare Library
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- The library has three levels, with a conference centre at ground level.
- This library loans books, CDs and videotapes.
- Jill spent the past few months doing research in the library.
- A date stamp inside the front cover of a library book shows when it should be returned.
- The council has decided that the local public libraries will close on Mondays.
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