lib.

¹

abbreviation for

1. book.

lib.

²

abbreviation for

1. librarian.
2. library.

lib

³

[ lib ]

noun

, Informal.

1. liberation ( def 2 ):

   women's lib; gay lib.

2. a libber.

Lib.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. Liberal.

Lib.

¹

abbreviation for

1. Liberal

lib.

²

abbreviation for

1. librarian
2. library

lib

³

/ lɪb /

noun

1. See liberation
   informal.
   short for liberation

Word History and Origins

Origin of lib.¹

From the Latin word liber

Origin of lib.²

First recorded in 1965–70; by shortening

Example Sentences

Nick Clegg, the Lib Dem Deputy Prime Minister, attacked the Conservatives for their predictable response to the report.

From The Daily Beast

In contrast to that finale, That Girl ends with Ann Marie taking her fiancé to a Women's Lib meeting.

From The Daily Beast

Another high-profile Lib Dem caused outcry by complaining that “the party was washing its dirty linen in public.”

From The Daily Beast

Some Lib Dem supporters sought to dismiss the allegations as overblown.

From The Daily Beast

British Lib-Dem MP David Ward uses Holocaust Remembrance Day to denounce "the Jews."

From The Daily Beast

So in Vincent—'pica loquax'—'pica garrula,' &c.; and in Pliny, lib.

From Project Gutenberg

This is taken either from Jerome, in his Epistle against Jovinian, lib.

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Koch considers that the source of the poem is a passage in Boethius, lib.

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But don't let de fus thing we do as a committee be somethin' we ought ter be 'shamed of as long as we lib.

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"Good ting to hab de larsh mout, Misser Mongo,—eat de more—lib de longer," said Billy.

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