catalog

or cat·a·logue

[kat-l-awg, -og]

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noun

a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
something that contains such a list or record, as a book, leaflet, or file.
a list of the contents of a library or a group of libraries, arranged according to any of various systems.Compare card catalog, on-line catalog, union catalog.

any list or record: a catalog of complaints.

verb (used with object), cat·a·loged or cat·a·logued, cat·a·log·ing or cat·a·logu·ing.

to enter (items) in a catalog; make a catalog of.

verb (used without object), cat·a·loged or cat·a·logued, cat·a·log·ing or cat·a·logu·ing.

to produce a catalog.
to have a specified price as listed in a catalog: This model catalogs for $49.95.
to offer merchandise in a mail-order catalog.

adjective

of, relating to, or carrying on business through a mail-order catalog: catalog sales.

Origin of catalog

1425–75; late Middle English cataloge < Late Latin catalogus < Greek katálogos a register (akin to katalégein to count up), equivalent to kata- cata- + -logos reckoning

Related formscat·a·log·er, cat·a·logu·er, cat·a·log·ist, cat·a·logu·ist, nouncat·a·log·ic

[kat-l-oj-ik] /ˌkæt lˈɒdʒ ɪk/, cat·a·log·i·cal, cat·a·lo·gis·tic

[kat-l-oh-jis-tik] /ˌkæt l oʊˈdʒɪs tɪk/, adjectivemis·cat·a·log, mis·cat·a·logue, verb (used with object), mis·cat·a·loged or mis·cat·a·logued, mis·cat·a·log·ing or mis·cat·a·logu·ing.non·cat·a·log, non·cat·a·logue, adjectivere·cat·a·log, verb (used with object), re·cat·a·loged or re·cat·a·ogued, re·cat·a·log·ing or re·cat·a·logu·ing.

Synonyms

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1, 3. roster, register, record. See list¹.

Examples from the Web for cataloged

Contemporary Examples

I first discovered nobody had ever cataloged all of the Watergate conversations.
What the Archives Say About Nixon
Scott Porch
August 8, 2014
Yet even today, the small-scale sculptural objects in most museum collections are cataloged under one name only: Christo.
Why the Art World Ignores Wives
Jessica Dawson
March 17, 2014
Like everyone else, they were also cataloged; their addresses were on file.
Anne Frank’s Amsterdam
Russell Shorto
October 12, 2013
Betsy Woodruff at the National Review Institute cataloged multiple examples of Reid's investment strategy.
How Did Harry Reid Get Rich?
Justin Green
August 15, 2012
The Daily Pic: August Sander cataloged his nation – to show it couldn't be done.
What Germans Looked Like
Blake Gopnik
May 10, 2012

Historical Examples

The original tree began to fruit in 1862 and was cataloged by Leroy in 1865.
The Pears of New York
U. P. Hedrick
A cross between a Lincecumii and Elvira credited to Munson but not cataloged by him.
The Grapes of New York
U. P. Hedrick
Many of these must be at hand in the school building and so classified and cataloged that they are available at short notice.
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912
Various
The smallest public library should be classified and cataloged.
A Library Primer
John Cotton Dana
Books can not be cataloged properly without information necessary in the operation of ordering.
Papers and proceedings of the thirty-fifth general meeting of the American Library Association, 1913
Various

Word Origin and History for cataloged

catalog

see catalogue.

catalog

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Synonyms

Examples from the Web for cataloged

Contemporary Examples

I first discovered nobody had ever cataloged all of the Watergate conversations.

Yet even today, the small-scale sculptural objects in most museum collections are cataloged under one name only: Christo.

Like everyone else, they were also cataloged; their addresses were on file.

Betsy Woodruff at the National Review Institute cataloged multiple examples of Reid's investment strategy.

The Daily Pic: August Sander cataloged his nation – to show it couldn't be done.

Historical Examples

The original tree began to fruit in 1862 and was cataloged by Leroy in 1865.

A cross between a Lincecumii and Elvira credited to Munson but not cataloged by him.

Many of these must be at hand in the school building and so classified and cataloged that they are available at short notice.

The smallest public library should be classified and cataloged.

Books can not be cataloged properly without information necessary in the operation of ordering.

Word Origin and History for cataloged

catalog

Origin of catalog