How do you use Handbook in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like enchiridion or reference, plus the exact meaning.
Handbook meaning
- A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size, but archetypally one to be kept readily at hand.
- A place where illicit bets can be placed.
Synonyms of Handbook
Using Handbook
- The main meaning on this page is: A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size, but archetypally one to be kept readily at hand. | A place where illicit bets can be placed.
- Useful related words include: enchiridion, vade mecum, reference book, reference.
- In the example corpus, handbook often appears in combinations such as: handbook of, the handbook, handbook for.
Context around Handbook
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Handbook
- In this selection, "handbook" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, student, revision, anti, regarding, adds and allowed stand out and add context to how "handbook" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a revision handbook regarding due and and student handbook a policy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "handbook" sits close to words such as airbus, angelo and damian, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with handbook
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It’s a handbook, a new Whole Earth Catalogue. (9 words)
Girl Guard Bladge that was worn on uniforms and handbook. (10 words)
Afterward, Astrid uses the Handbook to nullify Betegeuse’s contract with Lydia. (12 words)
He said the Food and Beverage Guidelines handbook, which was issued on April 16 this year, had been replaced with the one dated April 19, which states non-alcoholic beverages are determined to be levied six per cent tax instead of eight per cent. (44 words)
Whereas previous editions of the handbook allowed for a wide latitude on the part of local lay leaders who have transgender members of their congregations, the new handbook is far less flexible, dictating to local leaders what is and is not acceptable. (42 words)
Tesla staff can talk to their managers, their manager's manager, to a VP in another department, or even Elon Musk himself -- the Anti-Handbook Handbook adds that "you can talk to anyone without anyone else's permission. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
The board approved adding to the 2024-2025 Parent and Student Handbook a policy on distribution of explicit images, as well as a revision handbook regarding due process procedures.
Tesla staff can talk to their managers, their manager's manager, to a VP in another department, or even Elon Musk himself -- the Anti-Handbook Handbook adds that "you can talk to anyone without anyone else's permission.
Whereas previous editions of the handbook allowed for a wide latitude on the part of local lay leaders who have transgender members of their congregations, the new handbook is far less flexible, dictating to local leaders what is and is not acceptable.
Another motion over amendments to Leigh Town Council’s staffing handbook has been put forward by Alan Hart supported by David Bowry and Ms Mulroney.
Girl Guard Bladge that was worn on uniforms and handbook.
He was one of three co-editors for The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Social Policy (2015).
It’s a handbook, a new Whole Earth Catalogue.
The Activist’s Media Handbook, Fenton explains how Progressives lost the message wars and how they can win again.
The anniversary will be celebrated during a program at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum in Vineyard Haven on March 25 at 3 p.m. Artifacts including the club’s first handwritten handbook will be on display.
The elected BOE also develops the Assessors’ Handbook, an exhaustive explanation of property tax law for county assessors, their staff, and other interested parties.
The FHA promoted the use of these maps to lenders, incorporating them in its handbook for underwriting.
The Handbook, described as an entertaining guide to modern manners, also features a solid set of rules around posting news of an engagement on social media - and who should be made aware of the proposal beforehand.
The handbook describes exceptional circumstances as those “that would cause a reasonable person to believe that prompt and unusual action is necessary to prevent actual bodily harm to self or others”.
The handbook of the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK even considers the selective briefing of analysts as indications of unlawful disclosure.
The parents also claim there’s no precedent set out in the school’s student-parent handbook to justify the nature of the suspension.
There is no formal procedure for a vote of no confidence outlined in the faculty handbook, but it is covered as a basic function of a parliamentary system.
Afterward, Astrid uses the Handbook to nullify Betegeuse’s contract with Lydia.
A McDonald’s employee handbook on the company’s website does not address weapons inside restaurants.
Both rules come under the ‘compliance with decisions, including suspensions’ section of the FA handbook.
He said the Food and Beverage Guidelines handbook, which was issued on April 16 this year, had been replaced with the one dated April 19, which states non-alcoholic beverages are determined to be levied six per cent tax instead of eight per cent.
Common combinations with handbook
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- handbook of 47×
- the handbook 23×
- handbook for 17×
- handbook to 9×
- handbook and 8×
- student handbook 7×
- handbook is 5×
- handbook on 5×
- employee handbook 4×
- handbook that 4×