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cat·a·log
or cat·a·logue (kăt′l-ôg′, -ŏg′)n.
1.
a. A list or itemized display, as of titles, course offerings, or articles for exhibition or sale, usually including descriptive information or illustrations.
b. A publication, such as a book or pamphlet, containing such a list or display: a catalog of fall fashions; a seed catalog.
2. A list or enumeration: a catalog of complaints.
3. A card catalog.
v. cat·a·loged, cat·a·log·ing, cat·a·logs or cat·a·logued or cat·a·logu·ing or cat·a·logues
v.tr.
1. To make an itemized list of: catalog a record collection.
2.
a. To list or include in a catalog.
b. To classify (a book or publication, for example) according to a categorical system.
v.intr.
1. To make a catalog.
2. To be listed in a catalog: an item that catalogs for 200 dollars.
[Middle English cathaloge, list, register, from Old French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, from Greek katalogos, from katalegein, to list : kata-, down, off; see cata- + legein, to count; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
cat′a·log′er, cat′a·logu′er n.
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cat•a•log
(ˈkæt lˌɔg, -ˌɒg)n.
1. a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material.
2. something, as a book or pamphlet, that contains such a list or record.
3. a list of the contents of a library or a group of libraries, arranged according to any of various systems. Compare card catalog.
4. any list or record: a catalog of complaints.
v.t. 5. to enter (items) in a catalog; make a catalog of.
v.i. 6. to produce a catalog.
7. to have a specified price as listed in a catalog.
[1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin catalogus < Greek katálogos a register, n. derivative of katalégein to count up]
cat′a•log`ist, cat′a•log`er, n.
cat`a•log′ic (-ˈɒdʒ ɪk) adj.
syn: See list1.
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catalog
Past participle: cataloged
Gerund: cataloging
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| Noun | 1. |  catalog - a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things; "he found it in the Sears catalog"book - a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics" course catalog, course catalogue, prospectus - a catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university |
| 2. |  catalog - a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically; "it does not pretend to be a catalog of his achievements"discography - a descriptive catalog of musical recordings library catalog, library catalogue - an enumeration of all the resources of a library parts catalog, parts catalogue - a list advertising parts for machinery along with prices seed catalog, seed catalogue - a list advertising seeds and their prices | |
| Verb | 1. | catalog - make a catalogue, compile a catalogue; "She spends her weekends cataloguing" |
| 2. | catalog - make an itemized list or catalog of; classify; "He is cataloguing his photographic negatives" |
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Translations
katalog
katalog
luettelo
katalog
カタログ
카탈로그
seznam
katalog
บัญชีรายการสินค้า
quyển danh mục
catalogue
(American) catalog (ˈkӕtəlog) noun (a book containing) an ordered list of names, goods, books etc. a library catalogue.
verb to put in an ordered list. She catalogued the books in alphabetical order of author's name.
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catalog
→ كَتَالُوج katalog katalog Katalog κατάλογος catálogo luettelo catalogue katalog catalogo カタログ 카탈로그 catalogus katalog katalog catálogo каталог katalog บัญชีรายการสินค้า katalog quyển danh mục 目录Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
- I'd like a catalog (US)
I'd like a catalogue (UK)
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