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cat⋅a⋅log

[kat-l-awg, -og]
–noun
1. a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
2. something that contains such a list or record, as a book, leaflet, or file.
3. 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.
4. any list or record: a catalog of complaints.
–verb (used with object)
5. to enter (items) in a catalog; make a catalog of.
–verb (used without object)
6. to produce a catalog.
7. to have a specified price as listed in a catalog: This model catalogs for $49.95.
8. to offer merchandise in a mail-order catalog.
–adjective
9. of, pertaining to, or carrying on business through a mail-order catalog: catalog sales.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME cataloge < LL catalogus < Gk katálogos a register (akin to katalégein to count up), equiv. to kata- cata- + -logos reckoning


cat⋅a⋅log⋅ist, noun
cat⋅a⋅log⋅ic [kat-l-oj-ik] , cat⋅a⋅log⋅i⋅cal, cat⋅a⋅lo⋅gis⋅tic [kat-l-oh-jis-tik] , adjective


1, 3. roster, register, record. See list 1 .
cat·a·log or cat·a·logue   (kāt'l-ôg', -ŏg')   
n.  
    1. A list or itemized display, as of titles, course offerings, or articles for exhibition or sale, usually including descriptive information or illustrations.
    2. A publication, such as a book or pamphlet, containing such a list or display: a catalog of fall fashions; a seed catalog.
  1. A list or enumeration: "the long catalogue of his concerns: unemployment, housing, race, drugs, the decay of the inner city, the environment and family life" (Anthony Holden).
  2. A card catalog.
v.   cat·a·loged or cat·a·logued, cat·a·log·ing or cat·a·logu·ing, cat·a·logs or cat·a·logues

v.   tr.
  1. To make an itemized list of: catalog a record collection.
    1. To list or include in a catalog.
    2. 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.

Catalog

Cat"a*log\, n. & v. Catalogue.
Language Translation for : catalog
Spanish: catálogo,
German: der Katalog,
Japanese: カタログ

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