catalogue

US catalog

/ (ˈkætəˌlɒɡ) /

noun

a complete, usually alphabetical list of items, often with notes giving details
a book, usually illustrated, containing details of items for sale, esp as used by mail-order companies

a list of all the books or resources of a library
US and Canadian a publication issued by a university, college, etc, listing courses offered, regulations, services, etc
NZ a list of wool lots prepared for auction

verb-logues, -loguing or -logued or US -logs, -loging or -loged

to compile a catalogue of (a library)
to add (books, items, etc) to an existing catalogue

Origin of catalogue

C15: from Late Latin catalogus, from Greek katalogos, from katalegein to list, from kata- completely + legein to collect

Derived forms of catalogue

cataloguer or cataloguist, noun

Words Nearby catalogue

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How to use catalogue in a sentence

Every year, we catalogue the best columns of the year here at The Daily Beast.
The Best Columns of 2014 | John Avlon, Errol Louis | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
It was like a constant assault, an almost stupefying catalogue of mindless racial insult and injury.
How Martin Luther King Jr. Influenced Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ | Peter Guralnick | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
catalogue, published by Flammarion (2014), includes photographs from the Magnum Photos archives and text by Éric Hazan.
A History of Paris in 150 Photographs | Sarah Moroz | December 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The accompanying 184 page catalogue includes 154 photos, of which 150 have not previously been published.
The Best Coffee Table Books of 2014 | Robert Birnbaum | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile CBS announced a similar deal this year that will offer their catalogue of shows online for a monthly fee.
Binge Watching is the New Bonding Time | The Daily Beast | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

Within a hundred yards I met my two friends, Varnhorst and Guiscard, and poured out my whole catalogue of wrongs at once.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV. | Various
This insect appears to be a Chrysolopus in M. Dejean's catalogue.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2] | Phillip Parker King
He published a catalogue of all the works known to have been printed from the invention of the art of printing to the year 1536.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
Bud set him down on the bunk, gave him a mail-order catalogue to look at, and went out again into the storm.
Cabin Fever | B. M. Bower
Is this long catalogue of proofs of such a nature as to inspire us with great confidence in the hidden views of the Divinity?
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean Meslier

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