CATALOGUE

catalog, catalogue

(noun) a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things; “he found it in the Sears catalog”

catalog, catalogue

(noun) a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically; “it does not pretend to be a catalog of his achievements”

catalogue, catalog

(verb) make an itemized list or catalog of; classify; “He is cataloguing his photographic negatives”

catalogue, catalog

(verb) make a catalogue, compile a catalogue; “She spends her weekends cataloguing”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

catalogue (plural catalogues)

A systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.

A complete (usually alphabetical) list of items.

A list of all the publications in a library.

A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery.

(US) 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.

(computing, dated) A directory listing.

(music) A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.

Synonyms

• See also list

Verb

catalogue (third-person singular simple present catalogues, present participle cataloguing, simple past and past participle catalogued)

To put into a catalogue.

To make a catalogue of.

To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue.

Synonyms

• (make a catalogue of): list; see also tick off

• (add to an existing catalogue): put down; see also enlist

Anagrams

• coagulate

Source: Wiktionary


Cat"a*logue, n. Etym: [F., fr. catalogus, fr. Gr.

Definition: A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of the students of a college, or of books, or of the stars. Card catalogue, a catalogue, as of books, having each item entered on a separate card, and the cards arranged in cases by subjects, or authors, or alphabetically.

– Catalogue raisonnĂ© Etym: [F.], a catalogue of books, etc., classed according to their subjects. Syn.

– List; roll; index; schedule; enumeration; inventory. See List.

Cat"a*logue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Catalogued; p. pr. & vb. n. Cataloguing.]

Definition: To make a list or catalogue; to insert in a catalogue.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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