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  lib

  noun

  liberation.
• lib.
  lib.

  abbreviation

  book.
• Lib.
  Lib.

  abbreviation

  Liberal.

lib

¹ American  

[lib] / lɪb /

noun

Informal.

1. liberation.

   women's lib; gay lib.

2. a libber.

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lib. ² American  

abbreviation

1. book.

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lib. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. librarian.

2. library.

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Lib. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. Liberal.

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lib. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. librarian

2. library

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Lib. ² British  

abbreviation

1. Liberal

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lib ³ British  

/ lɪb /

noun

1. informal short for liberation

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Etymology

Origin of lib¹

First recorded in 1965–70; by shortening

Origin of lib.²

From the Latin word liber

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But despite all that, she's still arguably most well-known for the ad lib phrases that popped into her fast-paced raps in Mis-Teeq songs.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

Sure enough, after three months, the mice who ate ad lib were stricken with obesity, diabetes, liver disease, and a host of other ugly conditions.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2022

In the verse, you sing “Soul really matters to me,” and in the second verse, you follow that with an ad lib, “Too much.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2022

There are conflicting stories about when the ad lib started.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2021

There is a silence in the room and then a babble of ad lib conversation. 9TH JUROR: Please.

From "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose

"It's very ad lib. So you're never really able to simulate what's going to happen."

From US News ● Nov. 5, 2015

Senior Account Manager - Digital Marketing Agency ad lib. windsor, berkshire. £27k - £35k.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2010

UK USA UK Jobs in media Deputy Editor - B2C ad lib. this is a great opportunity for a talented deputy…. £20k - £25k.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 29, 2010

UK USA UK Browse more society jobs Digital Designers & Flash Designers ad lib. fancy the idea of joining a handpicked team of dig….

From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2010

Gentes, lib. i810.The continual enforcement of the duty of belief, and the credulity of the Christians, were perpetually dwelt on by Celsus and Julian.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

“I’m serious, Lib. If anything goes wrong, my parents’ll never let me leave home again. Ever.”

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

It has been a common superstition with barbarous nations in every part of the world, from Timbuctoo to Siberia, to suppose that dreams are real 2 Lib. i. cap.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

The humorous definition of man ascribed to Plato in Diogenes Laertius, Lib. vi.

From Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles by Various

I dare say I couldn’t light upon all these now; but, having been turning over Essai 9, Lib. iii.

From Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II by Wright, William Aldis

Of this king and his learning arose Lib. de Magic. success. lib.

From Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (1 of 8) From the Time That It Was First Inhabited, Vntill the Time That It Was Last Conquered: Wherein the Sundrie Alterations of the State Vnder Forren People Is Declared; And Other Manifold Observations Remembred by Holinshed, Raphael