listnoun
uk/lɪst/us/lɪst/list noun (RECORD)
A2 [ C ] a record of short pieces of information, such as people's names, usually written or printed with a single thing on each line and often ordered in a way that makes a particular thing easy to find:
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- He checked off their names on the list as they got on the coach.
- Did you cross her name off the guest list?
- I've drawn up a list of candidates that I'd like to interview.
- On page two of your handout you will find a list of the books that I have referred to during the lecture.
- The list of ingredients included 250 g of almonds.
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Lists and catalogues
- a laundry list idiom
- a list as long as your arm idiom
- agenda
- archivist
- bucket list
- concordance
- GI
- honor roll
- honours list
- indices
- inventory
- laundry
- roster
- rota
- shortlist
- tally
- taxonomy
- transfer list
- wish list
- wordlist
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list noun (LEAN)
If a ship has a list, it leans to one side.
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Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting
- angle
- askew
- bank
- cocked
- cockeyed
- fall away
- obliquely
- pitch
- pitched
- rake
- raked
- shelve
- skew
- slanted
- slope
- steep
- steepen
- tilt
- tip (sth/sb) over
- yaw
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Idiom(s)
listverb
uk/lɪst/us/lɪst/list verb (MAKE RECORD)
B2 [ T ] to make a list, or to include something in a list:
More examples
- The document lists all his achievements.
- Can you list the items that are missing?
- The items are listed alphabetically.
- The actors are listed in order of appearance.
- I can't begin to list his faults.
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Classifying and creating order
- alphabetize
- arrange
- arrangement
- catalogue
- categorize
- format
- organization
- precedence
- prioritize
- put sth/sb in a pigeonhole idiom
- range
- reconstruct
- rejig
- stream
- tick sth off
- topology
- track
- tracking
- triage
- umbrella
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list verb (LEAN)
[ I ] (of a ship) to lean to one side, especially as a result of damage:
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Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting
- angle
- askew
- bank
- cocked
- cockeyed
- fall away
- obliquely
- pitch
- pitched
- rake
- raked
- shelve
- skew
- slanted
- slope
- steep
- steepen
- tilt
- tip (sth/sb) over
- yaw
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list verb (COMPANY)
[ T ] to make a company's shares available on a particular financial market:
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Stock markets
- arbitrage
- bear
- bourse
- buy-in
- cash out sth
- dead cat bounce
- dividend
- Dow Jones
- haircut
- intangible asset
- investment
- mature
- maturity
- negotiable
- portfolio
- rogue trader
- speculation
- stockbroker
- stockholder
- trading
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