Catalogue

//ˈkæt.əˌlɒɡ// noun, verb

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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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