longlist
/ˈlɒŋlɪst
/noun
A list of selected names or things from which a shortlist is to be compiled: Smith was on nobody’s longlist for chairman...
- These are the most nominated blogs in each category, and it's more a longlist than a shortlist really.
- Please note that submissions for the prize are not invited - the judges will be compiling their own longlists.
- The award is unusual in that the longlist is selected by readers.
verb [with object]
Place on a longlist: a science centre in Glasgow is one of the projects longlisted for Millennium Commission funds...
- Linda's most recent novel, Still Here, was longlisted for the Booker Prize.
- Her last novel, Dogside Story, was longlisted for the Booker but didn't even get her onto the runners-up podium in 2002.
- Shalimar was longlisted for this year's Man Booker Prize but then inexplicably excluded from the shortlist.