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handbook

US /ˈhændˌbʊk/

noun Advanced · C1 Nhân sự

Definition

a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Every new employee receives a handbook that explains company policies.

Synonyms

  • manuala small handbook
  • guidesomeone employed to conduct others
  • guidebooksomething that offers basic information or instruction

Collocations

  • Easy employee handbook
    describing employee handbook (a worker who is hired to perform a job)
  • Medium reference handbook for policy
    to reference handbook for policy, meaning to refer to
  • Hard comprehensive safety handbook
    describing comprehensive safety handbook (an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge)
  • Very Hard abide strictly by the handbook provisions
    to abide strictly by the handbook provisions, meaning to dwell

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