Catalogue

//ˈkæt.əˌlɒɡ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.

    "[T]he charge of my moſt curious, and coſtly ingredients fraide, amounting to ſome ſeaventeene thouſand crovvnes, a trifle in reſpect of health, vvriting your noble name in my Catalogue, I ſhall acknovvledge my ſelfe amply ſatisfi'd."

  2. 2
    a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things wordnet
  3. 3
    A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.; A complete (usually alphabetical or chronological) list of items.
  4. 4
    a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically wordnet
  5. 5
    A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.; A list of all the publications in a library; a library catalogue.
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  1. 6
    A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery.
  2. 7
    A book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution that gives a definitive description of the institution, its history, courses and degrees offered, etc. US
  3. 8
    A directory listing. dated

    "The program generates a catalogue of the files on the cartridge selected by the user, reads the catalogue into memory and erases the cartridge copy, so that an up-to-date copy is always generated."

  4. 9
    A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.
  5. 10
    A series of unwelcome or unpleasant things, often similar. figuratively, singular

    "The accident followed a catalogue of errors."

Verb
  1. 1
    To put into a catalogue.
  2. 2
    make an itemized list or catalog of; classify wordnet
  3. 3
    To make a catalogue of.

    "The consequences were catalogued by the Royal Commission for Environmental Pollution in 1994, which recommended several measures to constrain the emission of greenhouse gases."

  4. 4
    make a catalogue, compile a catalogue wordnet
  5. 5
    To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue.
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  1. 6
    to value or sort stamps using a catalogue

Synonyms

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tabulatecatalogcatalogcatalogdetailenlist

Example

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"If they are not free, please let me know how much the catalogue and the postage to Japan are."

Etymology

From Middle English cathaloge, from Old French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, itself from Ancient Greek κατάλογος (katálogos, “enrollment, register”), from καταλέγω (katalégō, “to recount, make a list”), from κατα- (kata-, “downwards, towards”) + λέγω (légō, “to say, to speak, to tell”). Equivalent to cata- + -logue.

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