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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
1425–75; late ME cataloge < LL catalogus < Gk katálogos a register (akin to katalégein to count up), equiv. to kata- cata- + -logos reckoning
Related forms:
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
[kat-l-oj-ik] , cat⋅a⋅log⋅i⋅cal, cat⋅a⋅lo⋅gis⋅tic [kat-l-oh-jis-tik] , adjective
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| cat·a·log or cat·a·logue (kāt'l-ôg', -ŏg') n.
v. tr.
[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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Catalog
Cat"a*log\, n. & v. Catalogue.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : catalog
Spanish:
catálogo,
German:
der Katalog,
Japanese:
カタログ
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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