transitive to arrange for yourself or someone else to stay at a hotel, hospital etc
book someone in at something:
He’s bookedhimself in at a healthspa.
Synonyms and related words
Staying in a hotel or guest house
bookable
book in
booking
2
intransitive to announce that you have arrived at a hotel or event so that your name can be put on an official record. You can also say check in, which is the usual American word
I’d justarrived at the conference and hadn’t had time to book in.
Synonyms and related words
Staying in a hotel or guest house
bookable
book in
booking
book in
phrasal verbBritish
Other entries for this word
in my bookphrase
the oldest trick in the bookphrase
try/use every trick in the bookphrase
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
book in
he/she/it
books in
present participle
booking in
past tense
booked in
past participle
booked in
DEFINITIONS2
1
transitive to arrange for yourself or someone else to stay at a hotel, hospital, etc.
Synonyms and related words
Staying in a hotel or guest house
bookable
book in
booking
2
intransitive to announce that you have arrived at a hotel or event so that your name can be put on an official record