Catalogue
['kæt(ə)lɒg] or ['kætəlɔɡ]
Definition
(verb.) make an itemized list or catalog of; classify; 'He is cataloguing his photographic negatives'.
(verb.) make a catalogue, compile a catalogue; 'She spends her weekends cataloguing'.
Checker: Salvatore--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To make a list or catalogue; to insert in a catalogue.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. List (arranged in a certain order), REGISTER, roll, record, INVENTORY, schedule, INVOICE.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See BAWL]
Checker: Seymour
Definition
n. a list of names books &c.—v.t. to put in a catalogue:—pr.p. cat′aloguing; pa.p. cat′alogued.—v.t. Cat′aloguise.
Editor: Will
Examples
- But this, in my opinion, is not a sufficient reason for excluding them from the catalogue of virtues. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- In the year 1600, Gilbert, an English physician, enlarged considerably the catalogue of substances which have the property of attracting light bodies. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- An eloquent catalogue appeared in a weekly print, describing his virtues, his magnificence, his talents, and his good actions. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But to enumerate the industrial arts to which air and other pneumatic machines have been adapted would be to catalogue them all. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In it, following his catalogue, he fulfilled the promise made in 1620, of putting nature and the arts t o question. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The total is a surprising catalogue of industries for the young Clifton Director. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- On referring to the catalogue, I found that this notable production bore the name Cleopatra. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- At this juncture a large part of the correspondence referred very naturally to electric lighting, embodying requests for all kinds of information, catalogues, prices, terms, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- By a s tudy of the star catalogues this conjecture was soon verified. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In the Boston Library, which keeps its catalogues printed up to within 24 hours of date, the Linotypes print in 23 languages. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Its songs, orchestral and solo renditions, and its humorous monologue reproductions constitute to-day a great library of wax cylinders, regularly catalogued and sold by the thousands. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The imagination is not fed, but is held down to recapitulating, cataloguing, and refining what is already known. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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