catalog

or cat·a·logue

[ kat-l-awg, -og ]
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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.

  1. a list of the contents of a library or a group of libraries, arranged according to any of various systems.: Compare card catalog, online catalog, union catalog.

  2. any list or record: a catalog of complaints.

verb (used with object),cat·a·loged or cat·a·logued, cat·a·log·ing or cat·a·logu·ing.
  1. to enter (items) in a catalog; make a catalog of.

verb (used without object),cat·a·loged or cat·a·logued, cat·a·log·ing or cat·a·logu·ing.
  1. to produce a catalog.

  2. to have a specified price as listed in a catalog: This model catalogs for $49.95.

  1. to offer merchandise in a mail-order catalog.

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or carrying on business through a mail-order catalog: catalog sales.

Origin of catalog

1
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English cataloge, from Late Latin catalogus, from Greek katálogos “a register” (akin to katalégein “to count up”), equivalent to kata- “down, against, back” + -logos reckoning; see cata-

synonym study For catalog

1, 3. See list1.

Other words for catalog

Other words from catalog

  • cat·a·log·er, cat·a·logu·er, cat·a·log·ist, cat·a·logu·ist, noun
  • cat·a·log·ic [kat-l-oj-ik], /ˌkæt lˈɒdʒ ɪk/, cat·a·log·i·cal, cat·a·lo·gis·tic [kat-l-oh-jis-tik], /ˌkæt l oʊˈdʒɪs tɪk/, adjective
  • mis·cat·a·log, mis·cat·a·logue, verb (used with object), mis·cat·a·loged or mis·cat·a·logued, mis·cat·a·log·ing or mis·cat·a·logu·ing.
  • non·cat·a·log, non·cat·a·logue, adjective
  • re·cat·a·log, verb (used with object), re·cat·a·loged or re·cat·a·ogued, re·cat·a·log·ing or re·cat·a·logu·ing.

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