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cat·a·log or cat·a·logue  (ktl-ôg, -g)
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: "the long catalogue of his concerns: unemployment, housing, race, drugs, the decay of the inner city, the environment and family life" (Anthony Holden).
3. 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.
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.]

cata·loger, cata·loguer n.

catalogue US, catalog [ˈkætəˌlɒg]
n
1. a complete, usually alphabetical list of items, often with notes giving details
2. (Business / Commerce) a book, usually illustrated, containing details of items for sale, esp as used by mail-order companies
3. (Library Science & Bibliography) a list of all the books or resources of a library
4. (Social Science / Education) US and Canadian a publication issued by a university, college, etc., listing courses offered, regulations, services, etc.
5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) NZ a list of wool lots prepared for auction
vb -logues, -loguing, -logued US, -logs -loging, -loged
1. (Library Science & Bibliography) to compile a catalogue of (a library)
2. to add (books, items, etc.) to an existing catalogue
[from Late Latin catalogus, from Greek katalogos, from katalegein to list, from kata- completely + legein to collect]
cataloguer , cataloguist n

Catalogue a list of names, titles, or articles arranged systematically. See also calendar.
Examples: catalogue of books, 1669; of calamities, 1792; of disasters, 1824; of endowments, 1611; of librarians [modern]; of martyrs, 1483; of popes, 1460; of sins; of virtues; of woes, 1719.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cataloguecatalogue - a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically; "it does not pretend to be a catalog of his achievements"
list, listing - a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
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
2.cataloguecatalogue - 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
Verb1.catalogue - make an itemized list or catalog of; classify; "He is cataloguing his photographic negatives"
class, classify, sort out, assort, sort, separate - arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
2.catalogue - make a catalogue, compile a catalogue; "She spends her weekends cataloguing"
compile, compose - put together out of existing material; "compile a list"

catalogue U.S. catalog
noun
list, record, schedule, index, register, directory, inventory, gazetteer One of the authors of the catalogue is the Professor of Art History.
verb
list, file, index, register, classify, inventory, tabulate, alphabetize The Royal Greenwich Observatory was founded to observe and catalogue the stars.
Translations
catalogue catalog (US) [ˈkætəlɒg]
A. Ncatálogo m (also card catalogue) → fichero m (US) (= pamphlet, prospectus) → folleto m
a whole catalogue of complaints (fig) → toda una serie de quejas
B. VTcatalogar, poner en un catálogo
it is not catalog(u)edno consta en el catálogo

catalogue catalog [ˈkætəlɒg]
n
(of goods)catalogue m
(= series) → série f
vtcataloguer

catalogue, (US) catalog
nKatalog m

catalogue catalog (Am) [ˈkætəˌlɒg]
1. ncatalogo
2. vtcatalogare

catalogue catalog (Am) [ˈkætəˌlɒg]
1. ncatalogo
2. vtcatalogare

catalogue
n catalogue [ˈkӕtəlog]
(a book containing) an ordered list of names, goods, books etc a library catalogue. katalogus قائِمَه، فِهْرسْت، كاتالوج каталог katalog katalog der Katalog κατάλογος catálogo kataloog دفتر راهنما؛ کاتالوگ luettelo catalogue קָטַלוֹג नामावली, नाम सूची katalog, popis katalógus katalog (bóka-/vöru)skrá catalogo カタログ 카탈로그 katalogas katalogs katalog catalogus katalog, alfabetisk liste katalog catálogo catalog каталог katalóg seznam katalog katalog บัญชีรายชื่อ katalog 目錄 каталог فہرست کتب کی کتاب danh mục liệt kê
v
to put in an ordered list She catalogued the books in alphabetical order of author's name. katalogiseer يُسَجِّلُ في قائِمَه، يُفَهْرِس подреждам zapsat do seznamu, sestavit katalog registrere; katalogisere katalogisieren ταξινομώ catalogar kataloogima فهرست کردن luetteloida cataloguer לְקַטלֵג सूची पत्र बनाना popisati, katalogizirati lajstromoz, katalogizál mendaftar skrá (skipulega) catalogare 目録をつくる (~의) 목록을 만들다 kataloguoti kataloģizēt mengkatalogkan catalogiseren katalogisere, lage en alfabetisk liste katalogować catalogar a cataloga каталогизировать zapísať razvrstiti, napraviti seznam napraviti spisak katalogisera บันทึกในบัญชีรายชื่อ kataloglamak 為...編目錄 вносити до каталогу کتابوں کی تریب وار فہرست بنانا ghi vào mục lục ...

catalogue كتالوج katalog katalog Katalog κατάλογος catálogo luettelo catalogue katalog catalogo カタログ 카탈로그 catalogus katalog katalog catálogo каталог katalog บัญชีรายการสินค้า katalog cuốn catơlô 目录


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