catalogue
Britishnoun
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a complete, usually alphabetical list of items, often with notes giving details
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a book, usually illustrated, containing details of items for sale, esp as used by mail-order companies
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a list of all the books or resources of a library
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a publication issued by a university, college, etc, listing courses offered, regulations, services, etc
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a list of wool lots prepared for auction
verb
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to compile a catalogue of (a library)
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to add (books, items, etc) to an existing catalogue
Other Word Forms
- cataloguer noun
Etymology
Origin of catalogue
C15: from Late Latin catalogus, from Greek katalogos, from katalegein to list, from kata- completely + legein to collect
Example Sentences
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Four Archbishops of Wales including Dr Rowan Williams were referred to in the report which lists a "catalogue of failures" by the Church.
From BBC
As Rowdy and I came bounding into the store, I saw Grandpa and the mailman standing at the counter, looking at a catalogue.
From Literature
NPR reviewed the unique serial numbers on the pages of the Epstein files in their investigation, which showed that many pages catalogued by the DOJ are not shared publicly.
From Salon
Under EU rules, streaming platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime must carry at least 30 percent of European content in their catalogues.
From Barron's
To create the catalogue, Almeida used a technique called 'metagenomics', which involves analyzing all microbial DNA in a gut sample at once and then separating it into individual species.
From Science Daily
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