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catalogue

/ˈkæt.əˌlɔɡ/

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What does catalogue mean?

noun

  1. A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.
  2. A complete (usually alphabetical or chronological) list of items.
  3. A list of all the publications in a library; a library catalogue.
More meanings (9)

noun

  1. A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery.
  2. 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.
  3. A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.
  4. (figuratively) A series of unwelcome or unpleasant things, often similar.
  5. (dated) A directory listing.

verb

  1. To put into a catalogue.
  2. To make a catalogue of.
  3. To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue.
  4. to value or sort stamps using a catalogue

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈkæt.əˌlɔɡ/

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At a desk under the stairway he saw a lean, studious, and kindly-looking bibliosoph, who was poring over an immense catalogue.
Christopher MorleyThe Haunted BookshopProject Gutenberg ebook #172
I give this catalogue so precisely because, as it happened, we were destined to subsist upon this store for the next fortnight.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe war of the worldsProject Gutenberg ebook #36
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.
Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg ebook #944
Secondly, our industrious monk has provided a catalogue,--a repetition of the shelf-list, but with all the contents of each volume set out.
Ernest Albert SavageOld English libraries : $b the making, collection, and use of books during the Middle AgesProject Gutenberg ebook #1615
It never occurred to her to buy a catalogue, so she called most of the casts by names she made up for them.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44