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bookmark

n. countable
B1 Intermediate US //ˈbʊkmɑɹk// UK //bˈʊkmɑːk// book·mark

n. a saved link to a website so you can find it again quickly. It can also be a physical object like a piece of paper used to mark your place in a book.

n. a record of a website's address stored in a browser for easy retrieval; also a physical marker used to indicate a reader's progress in a printed text.


SIMPLE

I saved the recipe as a bookmark in my browser.

CONTEXTUAL

Organising your bookmarks into folders makes it much easier to manage the dozens of research sites you visit daily.

COMPLEX

While digital bookmarks allow for instantaneous navigation across the web, many readers still prefer the tactile satisfaction of a silk bookmark resting between the pages of a hardcover novel.

Synonyms
Origin

From Middle English boke-merk, boke-merke (attested only in the bare form merk (“bookmark”)), equivalent to book + mark. Cognate with Danish bogmærke (“bookmark”), Swedish bokmärke (“bookmark”), Norwegian bokmerke (“bookmark”), Icelandic bókamerki (“bookmark”). Eclipsed non-native Old English æstel (“bookmark”), from Old Irish astal, from Latin hastula (“little spear, splint”).

Usage

In computing, often used with the verb 'to add' or 'to save'.

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