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1  [list]
Use list in a Sentence
–noun
1. a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record: a list of members.
2. list price.
3. Computers. a series of records in a file.
4. a complete record of stocks handled by a stock exchange.
5. all of the books of a publisher that are available for sale.
–verb (used with object)
6. to set down together in a list; make a list of: to list the membership of a club.
7. to enter in a list, directory, catalog, etc.: to list him among the members.
8. to place on a list of persons to be watched, excluded, restricted, etc.
9. Computers. to print or display in a list: Let's list the whole program and see where the bug is.
10. to register (a security) on a stock exchange so that it may be traded there.
11. Archaic. enlist.
–verb (used without object)
12. to be offered for sale, as in a catalog, at a specified price: This radio lists at $49.95.
13. Archaic. enlist.
Origin:
1595–1605; special use of list 2 (roll of names, perh. orig. of contestants in the lists ); cf. F liste < It lista roll of names, earlier, band, strip (e.g., of paper), border < OHG (G Leiste)

Synonyms:
1. register. List, catalog, inventory, roll, schedule imply a definite arrangement of items. List denotes a series of names, items, or figures arranged in a row or rows: a list of groceries. Catalog adds the idea of alphabetical or other orderly arrangement, and, often, descriptive particulars and details: a library catalog. An inventory is a detailed descriptive list of property, stock, goods, or the like made for legal or business purposes: a store inventory. A roll is a list of names of members of some defined group often used to ascertain their presence or absence: a class roll. A schedule is a methodical (esp. official) list, often indicating the time or sequence of certain events: a train schedule. 6. record, catalog. 7. enroll.

list

2  [list]
–noun
1. a border or bordering strip, usually of cloth.
2. a selvage.
3. selvages collectively.
4. a strip of cloth or other material.
5. a strip or band of any kind.
6. a stripe of color.
7. a division of the hair or beard.
8. one of the ridges or furrows of earth made by a lister.
9. a strip of material, as bark or sapwood, to be trimmed from a board.
10. fillet (def. 6a).
–adjective
11. made of selvages or strips of cloth.
–verb (used with object)
12. to produce furrows and ridges on (land) with a lister.
13. to prepare (ground) for planting by making ridges and furrows.
14. to cut away a narrow strip of wood from the edge of (a stave, plank, etc.).
15. Obsolete. to apply a border or edge to.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME lista, OE līst border; c. D lijst, G Leiste (OHG līsta)

list

3  [list]
–noun
1. a careening, or leaning to one side, as of a ship.
–verb (used without object)
2. (of a ship or boat) to incline to one side; careen: The ship listed to starboard.
–verb (used with object)
3. to cause (a vessel) to incline to one side: The shifting of the cargo listed the ship to starboard.
Origin:
1620–30; orig. uncert.

Synonyms:
2, 3. tilt, slant, heel.

list

4  [list] Archaic.
–verb (used with object)
1. to please.
2. to like or desire.
–verb (used without object)
3. to like; wish; choose.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME listen, lusten, OE (ge)lystan to please; c. G gelüsten, ON lysta to desire, akin to Goth lustōn to desire. See lust

list

5  [list] Archaic.
–verb (used without object)
1. to listen.
–verb (used with object)
2. to listen to.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME listen, OE hlystan to listen, hear, deriv. of hlyst ear; c. Sw lysta; akin to ON hlusta to listen. See listen

List

  [list]
–noun
Frie⋅drich  [free-drik] , 1789–1846, U.S. political economist and journalist, born in Germany.

fillet

  [fil-it; usually fi-ley for 1, 10]
–noun
1. Cookery.
a. a boneless cut or slice of meat or fish, esp. the beef tenderloin.
b. a piece of veal or other meat boned, rolled, and tied for roasting.
2. a narrow band of ribbon or the like worn around the head, usually as an ornament; headband.
3. any narrow strip, as wood or metal.
4. a strip of any material used for binding.
5. Bookbinding.
a. a decorative line impressed on a book cover, usually at the top and bottom of the back.
b. a rolling tool for impressing such lines.
6. Architecture.
a. Also called list. a narrow flat molding or area, raised or sunk between larger moldings or areas.
b. a narrow portion of the surface of a column left between adjoining flutes.
7. Anatomy. lemniscus.
8. a raised rim or ridge, as a ring on the muzzle of a gun.
9. Metallurgy. a concave strip forming a rounded interior angle in a foundry pattern.
–verb (used with object)
10. Cookery.
a. to cut or prepare (meat or fish) as a fillet.
b. to cut fillets from.
11. to bind or adorn with or as if with a fillet.
12. Machinery. to round off (an interior angle) with a fillet.
Also, filet (for defs. 1, 10).

Origin:
1300–50; ME filet < AF, MF, equiv. to fil thread + -et -et
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list 1   (lĭst)   
n.  
  1. A series of names, words, or other items written, printed, or imagined one after the other: a shopping list; a guest list; a list of things to do.
  2. A considerable number; a long series: recited a list of dates memorized.
v.   list·ed, list·ing, lists

v.   tr.
  1. To make a list of; itemize: listed his previous jobs.
  2. To enter in a list; register: listed each item received.
  3. To put (oneself) in a specific category: lists herself as an artist.
  4. Archaic To recruit.
v.   intr.
  1. To have a stated list price: a radio that lists for ten dollars over the sale price.
  2. Archaic To enlist in the armed forces.

[French liste, from Old French, from Old Italian lista, of Germanic origin.]
list'er n.
list 2   (lĭst)   
n.  
    1. A narrow strip, especially of wood.
    2. Architecture See listel.
    3. A border or selvage of cloth.
    4. An arena for jousting tournaments or other contests. Often used in the plural.
    5. A place of combat.
    6. An area of controversy.
  2. A stripe or band of color.
    1. An arena for jousting tournaments or other contests. Often used in the plural.
    2. A place of combat.
    3. An area of controversy.
  4. A ridge thrown up between two furrows by a lister in plowing.
  5. Obsolete A boundary; a border.
tr.v.   list·ed, list·ing, lists
  1. To cover, line, or edge with list.
  2. To cut a thin strip from the edge of.
  3. To furrow or plant (land) with a lister.

[Middle English, from Old English līste.]
list 3   (lĭst)   
n.  An inclination to one side, as of a ship; a tilt.
intr. & tr.v.   list·ed, list·ing, lists
To lean or cause to lean to the side: The damaged ship listed badly to starboard. Erosion first listed, then toppled the spruce tree.

[Origin unknown.]
list 4   (lĭst)   
intr. & tr.v.   list·ed, list·ing, lists Archaic
To listen or listen to.

[Middle English listen, from Old English hlystan; see kleu- in Indo-European roots.]
list 5   (lĭst)   
v.   list·ed, list·ing, lists

v.   tr.
To be pleasing to; suit.
v.   intr.
To be disposed; choose.
n.  A desire or an inclination.

[Middle English listen, to desire, please, from Old English lystan; see las- in Indo-European roots.]
lis·tel   (lĭs'təl)   
n.   Architecture
A narrow border, molding, or fillet. Also called list2.

[French, from Italian listello, diminutive of lista, border, of Germanic origin.]
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List

List\ (l[i^]st), n. [F. lice, LL. liciae, pl., from L. licium thread, girdle.] A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat. --Chaucer.

In measured lists to toss the weighty lance. --Pope.

To enter the lists, to accept a challenge, or engage in contest.

List

List\, v. t. To inclose for combat; as, to list a field.

List

List\, v. i. [See Listen.] To hearken; to attend; to listen. [Obs. except in poetry.]

Stand close, and list to him. --Shak.

List

List\, v. t. To listen or hearken to.

Then weigh what loss your honor may sustain, If with too credent ear you list his songs. --Shak.

List

List\, v. i. [OE. listen, lusten, AS. lystan, from lust pleasure. See Lust.]

1. To desire or choose; to please.

The wind bloweth where it listeth. --John iii. 8.

Them that add to the Word of God what them listeth. --Hooker.

Let other men think of your devices as they list. --Whitgift.

2. (Naut.) To lean; to incline; as, the ship lists to port.

List

List\, n. 1. Inclination; desire. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

2. (Naut.) An inclination to one side; as, the ship has a list to starboard.

List

List\, n. [AS. l[=i]st a list of cloth; akin to D. lijst, G. leiste, OHG. l[=i]sta, Icel. lista, listi, Sw. list, Dan. liste. In sense 5 from F. liste, of German origin, and thus ultimately the same word.]

1. A strip forming the woven border or selvedge of cloth, particularly of broadcloth, and serving to strengthen it; hence, a strip of cloth; a fillet. "Gartered with a red and blue list. " --Shak.

2. A limit or boundary; a border.

The very list, the very utmost bound, Of all our fortunes. --Shak.

3. The lobe of the ear; the ear itself. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

4. A stripe. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

5. A roll or catalogue, that is row or line; a record of names; as, a list of names, books, articles; a list of ratable estate.

He was the ablest emperor of all the list. --Bacon.

6. (Arch.) A little square molding; a fillet; -- called also listel.

7. (Carp.) A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.

8. (Rope Making) A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.

9. (Tin-plate Manuf.) (a) The first thin coat of tin. (b) A wirelike rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.

Civil list (Great Britain & U.S.), the civil officers of government, as judges, ambassadors, secretaries, etc. Hence, the revenues or appropriations of public money for the support of the civil officers. More recently, the civil list, in England, embraces only the expenses of the reigning monarch's household.

Free list. (a) A list of articles admitted to a country free of duty. (b) A list of persons admitted to any entertainment, as a theater or opera, without payment, or to whom a periodical, or the like, is furnished without cost.

Syn: Roll; catalogue; register; inventory; schedule.

Usage: List, Boll, Catalogue, Register, Inventory, Schedule. A list is properly a simple series of names, etc., in a brief form, such as might naturally be entered in a narrow strip of paper. A roll was originally a list containing the names of persons belonging to a public body (as Parliament, etc.), which was rolled up and laid aside among its archives. A catalogue is a list of persons or things arranged in order, and usually containing some description of the same, more or less extended. A register is designed for record or preservation. An inventory is a list of articles, found on hand in a store of goods, or in the estate of a deceased person, or under similar circumstances. A schedule is a formal list or inventory prepared for legal or business purposes.

List

List\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Listed; p. pr. & vb. n. Listing.] [From list a roll.]

1. To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border. --Sir H. Wotton.

2. To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; as, to list a door; to stripe as if with list.

The tree that stood white-listed through the gloom. --Tennyson.

3. To enroll; to place or register in a list.

Listed among the upper serving men. --Milton.

4. To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.

I will list you for my soldier. --Sir W. Scott.

5. (Carp.) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of; as, to list a board.

To list a stock (Stock Exchange), to put it in the list of stocks called at the meeting of the board.

List

List\, v. i. To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.

List

List\, v. t. 1. To plow and plant with a lister.

2. In cotton culture, to prepare, as land, for the crop by making alternating beds and alleys with the hoe. [Southern U. S.]
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Spanish: lista,
German: die Liste,
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list  (n.)
"catalogue consisting of names in a row or series," 1602, from M.E. liste "border, edging, stripe" (c.1280), from O.Fr. liste "border, band, row, group," also "strip of paper," or from O.It. lista "border, strip of paper, list," both from a Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G. lista "strip, border, list," O.N. lista "border, selvage," O.E. liste "border"), from P.Gmc. *liston, from PIE *leizd- "border, band." The sense of "enumeration" is from strips of paper used as a sort of catalogue. The O.E. word survives in archaic lists "place of combat," at the boundary of fields.

list  (v.1)
"tilt, lean," especially of a ship, 1880, earlier (1626) lust, of unknown origin, perhaps an unexplained spelling variant of M.E. lysten "to please, desire, wish, like" (see listless) with a sense development on the notion of "leaning" toward what one desires (cf. incline).

list  (v.2)
"hear, hearken," now poetic or obsolete, from O.E. hlystan "hear, hearken," from hlyst "hearing," from P.Gmc. *khlustiz, from PIE *kleu- "to hear" (see listen).
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list

To admit a security for trading on an organized exchange. In order to be listed, the security and the issuer must meet certain minimal standards established by the exchange. These standards may relate to assets, earnings, market value, and stock voting rights. Compare delist. See also Form S-1.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Main Entry: list
Function: noun
: CALENDAR
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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list data
A data structure holding many values, possibly of different types, which is usually accessed sequentially, working from the head to the end of the tail - an "ordered list". This contrasts with a (one-dimensional) array, any element of which can be accessed equally quickly.
Lists are often stored using a cell and pointer arrangement where each value is stored in a cell along with an associated pointer to the next cell. A special pointer, e.g. zero, marks the end of the list. This is known as a (singly) "linked list". A doubly linked list has pointers from each cell to both next and previous cells.
An unordered list is a set.
(1998-11-12)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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list

see black list; enter the lists; sucker list.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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