shortlist
noun /ˈʃɔːtlɪst/
/ˈʃɔːrtlɪst/
[usually singular]- a small number of candidates for a job, etc., who have been chosen from all the people who applied
- to draw up a shortlist
- shortlist for something a shortlist for a literary prize
- on the shortlist (for something) The film is on the shortlist for Best Picture.
Wordfinder- apply
- appoint
- candidate
- CV
- experience
- interview
- job description
- qualification
- reference
- shortlist
Extra Examples- The interviewers have to draw up a shortlist of five or six people.
- They will choose from a shortlist of seven candidates.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- final
- all-women
- compile
- draw up
- make
- …
- on a/the shortlist
- shortlist for
- shortlist of
- …