catalog

or cat·a·logue

[ kat-l-awg, -og ]

/ ˈkæt lˌɔg, -ˌɒg /

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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.

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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

SYNONYMS FOR catalog

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

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Related forms

cat·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, adjective

re·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.

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I first discovered nobody had ever cataloged all of the Watergate conversations.
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Yet even today, the small-scale sculptural objects in most museum collections are cataloged under one name only: Christo.
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Like everyone else, they were also cataloged; their addresses were on file.
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Betsy Woodruff at the National Review Institute cataloged multiple examples of Reid's investment strategy.
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The Daily Pic: August Sander cataloged his nation – to show it couldn't be done.
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The smallest public library should be classified and cataloged.
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A check on the pamphlet would indicate whether or not it had been cataloged.
Papers and proceedings of the thirty-fifth general meeting of the American Library Association, 1913|Various
This collection should be classified and cataloged so as to yield the best possible results.
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912|Various
Mr. Dewey: What shall be the unit of circulation—the cataloged library or the single book or combination?
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All of the books purchased are classified, cataloged and filed as one collection.
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912|Various

Word Origin and History for cataloged

catalog

see catalogue.

catalog

or cat·a·logue

noun

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

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

adjective

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