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catalogue

noun
/ˈkæt.əˌlɒɡ/UK/ˈkæt.əˌlɔɡ/US/ˈkæt.əˌlɑɡ/

Etymology

From Middle English cathaloge, from Old French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, itself from Ancient Greek κατάλογος (katálogos, “enrollment, register”), from καταλέγω (katalégō, “to recount, make a list”), from κατα- (kata-, “downwards, towards”) + λέγω (légō, “to say, to speak, to tell”). Equivalent to cata- + -logue.

  1. derived from κατάλογος — “enrollment, register”
  2. derived from catalogus
  3. derived from catalogue
  4. inherited from cathaloge

Definitions

  1. A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.

    • [T]he charge of my moſt curious, and coſtly ingredients fraide, amounting to ſome ſeaventeene thouſand crovvnes, a trifle in reſpect of health, vvriting your noble name in my Catalogue, I ſhall acknovvledge my ſelfe amply ſatisfi'd.
    • He intended to publish a flora of the island, and drafted out a synonymic catalogue, into which he inserted from time to time elaborate descriptions drawn up from living specimens of the species which he was able to procure.

  2. A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them…

    A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery.

  3. A book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution that gives a…

    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.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. A directory listing.

      • The program generates a catalogue of the files on the cartridge selected by the user, reads the catalogue into memory and erases the cartridge copy, so that an up-to-date copy is always generated.

    2. A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.

    3. A series of unwelcome or unpleasant things, often similar.

      • The accident followed a catalogue of errors.
      • Near-synonym: litany

    4. To put into a catalogue.

    5. To make a catalogue of.

      • The consequences were catalogued by the Royal Commission for Environmental Pollution in 1994, which recommended several measures to constrain the emission of greenhouse gases.

    6. To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue.

    7. to value or sort stamps using a catalogue

The neighborhood

Derived

back catalogue, card catalogue, catalogic, catalogue raisonné, cataloguise, catazine, e-catalogue, library catalogue, magalogue, miscatalogue, specialogue, subcatalogue, telecatalogue, union catalogue

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for catalogue. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA