Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

ISBN

American  
[ahy-es-bee-en, iz-bin] / ˈaɪˈɛsˈbiˈɛn, ˈɪzˌbɪn /

noun

ISBNs plural
  1. International Standard Book Number: a unique, internationally used number code assigned to books for the purposes of identification and inventory control.


ISBN British  

abbreviation

  1. International Standard Book Number

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

I curious as to whether these sales figures include ebooks that don't have an ISBN.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2016

Some costs are simply table stakes; you’ll need an ISBN, for instance, the number that identifies the book to any retailer or distributor.

From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2014

My book was assigned its own unique ISBN: 978-3-659-46676-2.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2014

It’s been very useful, as I can input books either using a bar code scanner, with the ISBN, or manually if they don’t have a bar code or ISBN.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2013

People could search Amazon’s online catalog by author, title, subject, date or ISBN.

From The eBook is 40 (1971-2011) by Lebert, Marie

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "ISBN" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com