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catalog
[ kat-l-awg, -og ]
noun
- a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material:
a stamp catalog.
Synonyms: , ,
- something that contains such a list or record, as a book, leaflet, or file.
- a list of the contents of a library or a group of libraries, arranged according to any of various systems. Compare card catalog, online catalog, union catalog.
Synonyms: , ,
- any list or record:
a catalog of complaints.
verb (used with object)
- to enter (items) in a catalog; make a catalog of.
verb (used without object)
- to produce a catalog.
- to have a specified price as listed in a catalog:
This model catalogs for $49.95.
- to offer merchandise in a mail-order catalog.
adjective
- of, relating to, or carrying on business through a mail-order catalog:
catalog sales.
Other Word Forms
- a·Dze a·Dze a·Dzi a·Dzi noun
- ··Dz· [kat-l-, oj, -ik], a·Dzi· ····پ [kat-l-oh-, jis, -tik], adjective
- ·a·Dz ·a·Dzܱ verb (used with object) miscataloged or miscatalogued miscataloging or miscataloguing
- ԴDz·a·Dz ԴDz·a·Dzܱ adjective
- ·a·Dz verb (used with object) recataloged or recataogued recataloging or recataloguing
Word History and Origins
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The illustrated catalog, which includes six informative essays, is also excellent.
But Specktor is trying to do something subtler and more slippery than cataloging boldfaced names and bellyaching about how commerce has strangled art.
Only with “Back to the Future” did Universal tap into its catalog to bank on audience sentimentality.
“Even then, she cataloged that, she knew this is a significant direction in my life right now. I’m being told not to be me,” relates friend Michael Patrick King.
Growing up in the '90s, I was always a little captivated by the magic of snail mail — the thrill of finding a fun letter nestled between the usual stack of bills, catalogs and junk.
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More About Catalog
doescatalog?
A catalog is a list or record of items. It is sometimes spelled catalogue.
It commonly refers to a list of things being offered, such as items for sale or courses at a school. The point of such a catalog is typically to arrange the information in an orderly way—often with descriptions—so that the items can be easily found.
The word often refers to a printed copy of the list, especially in the context of items available for purchase from a particular company.
Catalog can also be used to refer to a collection of works, such as by a particular artist, as in I love every album in her catalog.
A card catalog is a file containing information about the books and other materials held in a library. Card catalogs were once commonly physical cabinets of drawers containing cards but now often exist as online catalogs.
Sometimes, catalog is used in a very general way as another way of saying list, as in a catalog of complaints.
Catalog can also be used as a verb meaning to record items with a list, as in Please catalog all of the new titles.
Example: The course catalog lists all of the classes that are available to take.
Where doesٲDzcome from?
The first records of the word catalog come from the 1400s. It comes from the Greek 첹áDzDz, meaning “a register,” from the verb 첹ٲé, meaning “to list” or “to count up.”
Register can be used as a synonym of catalog, as can inventory and index. Perhaps the most general synonym of catalog is list. The kind of catalog that you can order products from and comes in the form of a printed booklet is still somewhat common, despite the popularity of online shopping.
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How iscatalog used in real life?
Catalog is perhaps most popularly used to refer to the booklets that people browse through to order products, but it’s also commonly used in more general ways to refer to other lists of items, such as books and college courses.
Just in time for New Year‘s Resolutions, JHU Odyssey put out their Spring Course Catalog! These classes are open to anyone, anywhere (silver lining of having to go online). I’m teaching a four session workshop on novel/memoir first pages in April.
— Tracy C. Gold (@tracycgold)
Finally got around to cataloging the 18 decks of playing cards I received throughout the Christmas season. The total, according to my Airtable database, is 498 decks in my collection.
— Mr . " BIG SHOT " WILDWEASEL (@CorwinB87)
The first Cars album is literally perfect; there might not be a better debut ever. The rest of the catalog is untouchable.
Ric Ocasek was the architect. Nobody could combine pop hits with straight up weirdness like he could.
a body of work, what a cool guy. Rest in power.
— scharpling (@scharpling)
Try usingcatalog!
Which of the following words is NOT a synonym of catalog?
A. list
B. record
C. inventory
D. purchase
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