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catalogue
/ˈkæt.əˌlɔɡ/
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What does catalogue mean?
noun
- A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.
- A complete (usually alphabetical or chronological) list of items.
- A list of all the publications in a library; a library catalogue.
More meanings (9)
noun
- A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery.
- A book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution that gives a definitive description of the institution, its history, courses and degrees offered, etc.
- A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.
- (figuratively) A series of unwelcome or unpleasant things, often similar.
- (dated) A directory listing.
verb
- To put into a catalogue.
- To make a catalogue of.
- To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue.
- to value or sort stamps using a catalogue
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkæt.əˌlɔɡ/
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See this word in context.
At a desk under the stairway he saw a lean, studious, and kindly-looking bibliosoph, who was poring over an immense catalogue.
I give this catalogue so precisely because, as it happened, we were destined to subsist upon this store for the next fortnight.
More book examples (3)
It is sufficient to disturb the composure of an entomologist's mind, to look forward to the future dimensions of a complete catalogue.
Secondly, our industrious monk has provided a catalogue,--a repetition of the shelf-list, but with all the contents of each volume set out.
It never occurred to her to buy a catalogue, so she called most of the casts by names she made up for them.