library

B1 · Intermediate Countable noun

n. a personal collection of books or information that someone owns.

n. a private or specialized collection of books, records, or stored information.

“He has a large library of classic films in his basement.”

“Over several decades, the professor amassed a private library that included rare first editions and obscure academic journals.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun Computing Technical

n. a collection of ready-made code that programmers use to build software.

n. a collection of pre-written code, routines, or functions that a program can use to perform specific tasks.

“You can use a standard library to handle the math in your program.”

“By importing a specialized graphics library, the developers were able to implement complex visual effects without writing the low-level code from scratch.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Science Technical

n. a collection of genetic material, like DNA, used for scientific research.

n. a collection of DNA fragments from a single organism or related to a specific disease, stored for study.

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“The researchers created a genomic library to study the plant's DNA.”

“The laboratory maintains a vast library of viral strains to facilitate the rapid development of new vaccines during outbreaks.”