Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A list or itemized display, as of titles, course offerings, or articles for exhibition or sale, usually including descriptive information or illustrations.
- n. A publication, such as a book or pamphlet, containing such a list or display: a catalog of fall fashions; a seed catalog.
- n. 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).
- n. A card catalog.
- v. To make an itemized list of: catalog a record collection.
- v. To list or include in a catalog.
- v. To classify (a book or publication, for example) according to a categorical system.
- v. To make a catalog.
- v. To be listed in a catalog: an item that catalogs for 200 dollars.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A recent spelling of catalogue.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
WordNet 3.0
- n. a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically
- v. make a catalogue, compile a catalogue
- n. a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things
- v. make an itemized list or catalog of; classify.
Etymologies
- 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. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Comics consumers are creatures of habit to begin with, so limiting access to the catalog is already a hurdle.”
“This year's Cabela's catalog is featuring some new digicam get-ups.”
“David L. Altshuler, deputy director of the Broad Institute of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a co-chairman of the 1000 Genomes Project steering committee, said a large catalog is a critical tool in figuring out which genetic differences might increase risk of disease.”
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“Such was the case a few days ago when I opened the mailbox and discovered a catalog from the folks at Cheaper Than Dirt.”
“First up in the Basso catalog is amato amaro, which is about an apparently bi-curious economist who asks his bodyguard to help him explore.”
“Save for the the few new releases with major interest and those held back 28 days, the Netflix catalog is for superior to every brick-and-mortar on the block, buster.”
“The best part about this new catalog is that it is being released in conjunction with the fabulous Sale-A-Bration promotion offered by Stampin 'Up!”
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“Between "Darkness on the Edge of Town" and "The Rising," Springsteen's catalog is full of possibilities”
“As a growing reissue/TV compilation label that was actually giving Rhino and major label catalog departments runs for their money, Razor & Tie decided to license a hits collection directly from MCA.”
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museum words
words from work
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Nouns
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Verbs
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-logue, -log
denoting a discourse or compilation
monologue, dialogue, catalog, blog, analog, monolog, dialog, homolog, backlog, prolog, epilog
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cata-, cat-, kata-
down(ward), wrongly or badly, completely, against
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leech, lectern, lection, lecture, legend, legible, legion, lesson, coil, collect, diligent, elect and 123 more...
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I'm a librarian
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