Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense catalogues, present participle cataloguing, past tense, past participle cataloguedregional note: in AM, usually use catalog
1. countable noun
A catalogue is a list of things such as the goods you can buy from a particular company, the objects in a museum, or the books in a library.
...the world's biggest seed catalogue.
2. verb
To catalogue things means to make a list of them.
The Royal Greenwich Observatory was founded to observe and catalogue the stars. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: list, file, index, register More Synonyms of catalogue
3. countable noun
A catalogueof similar things, especially bad things, is a number of them considered or discussed one after another.
His story is a catalogue of misfortune.
...the latest tragedy in a catalogue of disasters. [+ of]
4. verb
If you catalogue a series of similar events or qualities, especially bad ones, you list them.
Speaker after speaker lined up to catalogue a series of failures under his leadership. [VERB noun]
More Synonyms of catalogue
catalogue in British English
or US catalog (ˈkætəˌlɒɡ)
noun
1.
a complete, usually alphabetical list of items, often with notes giving details
2.
a book, usually illustrated, containing details of items for sale, esp as used by mail-order companies
3.
a list of all the books or resources of a library
4. US and Canadian
a publication issued by a university, college, etc, listing courses offered, regulations, services, etc
5. New Zealand
a list of wool lots prepared for auction
verbWord forms: -logues, -loguing, -loguedWord forms: US-logs, -loging or -loged
6.
to compile a catalogue of (a library)
7.
to add (books, items, etc) to an existing catalogue
Derived forms
cataloguer (ˈcataˌloguer) or US cataloger (ˈcataˌloger)
noun
cataloguist (ˈcataˌloguist)
noun
Word origin
C15: from Late Latin catalogus, from Greek katalogos, from katalegein to list, from kata- completely + legein to collect
catalogue in Retail
(kætəlɒg) or catalog
Word forms: (regular plural) catalogues
noun
(Retail: Products)
A catalogue is a book or magazine containing details and pictures of items currently being offered for sale, especially as used by companies that domuch of their business by mail order.
Catalogues usually come out every January during the summer and spring season, with anothercoming out in July for the fall and winter season.
Virtual retailing has the advantage of linking inventory with the website and anonline catalogue that the customer can browse.
A catalogue is a book or magazine containing details and pictures of items currently being offeredfor sale, especially as used by companies that do much of their business by mail order.
Examples of 'catalogue' in a sentence
catalogue
The quality of online cataloguing varies between auction houses.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
What works for religious belief and the museum catalogues will no longer work for politics.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Remove your name from any catalogue lists and stay away from online sales to avoid temptation.
The Sun (2016)
Your local library should catalogue records by street.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The criticism that staff spend too much time cataloguing books is unfair.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The present exhibition and substantial catalogue propose a radical change in this interpretation.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
Only five such models were made and it was pictured on the auction catalogue cover.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Get your name on the mailing list for catalogues and continue your search.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It says that within another two years, its entire catalogue will have been overhauled.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
That's because he very nearly lost the lot through a catalogue of misfortune three years ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In 1995 he published a complete catalogue of the pastels.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It is presented with meticulous scholarship, and the accompanying catalogue is one to treasure.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
It intends to make artists' entire catalogues available for streaming.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Which makes the catalogue of offences in two of the weekend's biggest games all the more shameful.
The Sun (2009)
He is a character from parable, and his undeserved catalogue of dire misfortunes presents one of the great theological problems.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It's worth buying the catalogue.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The letter then catalogued a series of cost-cutting and liberalisation steps that it wanted Italy to pursue.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He writes them in a notebook, numbers them, catalogues them on computer.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Then there are returns: an average catalogue company experiences about 40 per cent returns.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
catalogue
British English: catalogue /ˈkætəˌlɒɡ/ NOUN
A catalogue is a list of things, such as the goods you can buy from a company.
...the world's biggest seed catalogue.
American English: catalog
Arabic: كَتَالُوج
Brazilian Portuguese: catálogo
Chinese: 目录
Croatian: katalog
Czech: katalog
Danish: katalog
Dutch: catalogus
European Spanish: catálogo
Finnish: luettelo
French: catalogue
German: Katalog
Greek: κατάλογος
Italian: catalogo
Japanese: カタログ
Korean: 카탈로그
Norwegian: katalog
Polish: katalog
European Portuguese: catálogo
Romanian: catalog
Russian: каталог
Latin American Spanish: catálogo
Swedish: katalog
Thai: บัญชีรายการสินค้า
Turkish: katalog
Ukrainian: каталог
Vietnamese: quyển danh mục
All related terms of 'catalogue'
catalog
a complete or extensive list
back catalogue
A musical performer's back catalogue is the music which they recorded and released in the past rather than their latest recordings.
card catalogue
a catalogue of books, papers, etc, filed on cards
union catalogue
a catalogue listing every publication held at cooperating libraries
catalogue raisonné
a descriptive catalogue , esp one covering works of art in an exhibition or collection
Messier catalogue
a catalogue of 103 nonstellar objects, such as nebulae and galaxies , prepared in 1781–86. An object is referred to by its number in this catalogue, for example the Andromeda Galaxy is referred to as M 31
subject catalogue
a catalogue with entries arranged by subject in a classified sequence
dictionary catalogue
a catalogue of the authors , titles, and subjects of books in one alphabetical sequence
mail-order catalogue
a catalogue of goods you can buy from a particular company by mail order
Chinese translation of 'catalogue'
catalogue
or (US) catalog
(ˈkætəlɔɡ)
n(c)
(for mail order) 目录(錄) (mùlù) (个(個), gè)
[of exhibition]目录 (mùlù) (个(個), gè)
[of library]书(書)目 (shūmù) (个(個), gè)
(= series)[of events, faults]一系列 (yīxìliè)
vt
[objects]把 ... 编(編)入目录(錄) (bǎ ... biānrù mùlù)
[events, faults]列举(舉) (lièjǔ)
(noun)
Definition
a list of all the books of a library
One of the authors of the catalogue is the Professor of Art History.
Synonyms
list
There were six names on the list.
record
Keep a record of all the payments.
schedule
a detailed written schedule
index
There's even a special subject index.
register
registers of births, deaths and marriages
directory
a telephone directory
inventory
He made an inventory of everything that was to stay.
gazetteer
(verb)
Definition
to enter (an item) in a catalogue
The Royal Greenwich Observatory was founded to observe and catalogue the stars.
Synonyms
list
The students were asked to list their favourite sports.
file
They have filed formal complaints.
index
register
Have you come to register at the school?
classify
Rocks can be classified according to their mode of origin.
inventory
accession
tabulate
Results for the test program haven't been tabulated yet.
alphabetize
Additional synonyms
in the sense of classify
Definition
to arrange or order by classes
Rocks can be classified according to their mode of origin.
Synonyms
categorize,
sort,
file,
rank,
arrange,
grade,
catalogue,
codify,
pigeonhole,
tabulate,
systematize
in the sense of directory
Definition
a book listing names, addresses, and telephone numbers of individuals or business companies
a telephone directory
Synonyms
index,
listing,
list,
record,
register,
catalogue,
inventory
in the sense of file
Definition
to place (a legal document) on public or official record