catalog

B2 Topic:General Vocabulary

Also spelled catalogue

US /ˈkætəlɔg/ See IPA manual

Freq #14328

Meanings

1

noun
A book or list showing items, often things for sale.

I found the chair in the furniture catalog.
2

verb
To make an organized list of things.

They cataloged the entire collection of paintings.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a book or list showing... catalogue

2 verb · to make an organized list... catalogue

Word family

Forms catalogedcatalogingcatalogs

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Phrases (1)

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library catalog
an organized record of the books and other materials held by a library

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Catalogue came through Old French and late Latin from Greek katalogos, derived from katalegein “pick out” or “enrol.”

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General Vocabulary

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