Definition

1. Noun:

   • A book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things: A publication, often in print or digital form, that lists items for sale, services offered, or objects in a collection, typically with descriptions and often pictures.
   • A complete list of things; usually arranged systematically: Any systematic and ordered list of items, such as library books, museum artifacts, or personal achievements.

2. Verb:

   • To make a catalogue, compile a catalogue: To create a systematic list or record of items.
   • To make an itemized list or catalog of; classify: To list items in detail, often as part of organizing or classifying them into a system.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:

  • I ordered a new sofa from the furniture catalogue.
  • The library's online catalogue makes it easy to find any book.

• Verb:

  • The librarian will catalogue the new donations this week.
  • She is cataloguing her extensive stamp collection.

Advanced Usage

• "To catalogue one's thoughts": To organize one's ideas or memories in a systematic way.

  • In her journal, she tried to catalogue her thoughts about the event.

• "A catalogue of errors": A phrase describing a long series of mistakes or problems.

  • The project's failure was due to a catalogue of errors in planning.

Variants and Related Words

• Catalog (noun/verb): The standard American English spelling of "catalogue".
• Cataloguer/Cataloger (noun): A person whose job is to catalogue items.
  • She works as a cataloguer at the museum.
• Cataloguing/Cataloging (noun): The process or activity of making a catalogue.
  • Cataloguing the archive is a massive project.

Synonyms

• Noun: List, inventory, register, directory, index.
• Verb: List, index, record, register, classify.

Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions

(Note: "Catalogue" is not commonly used with particles to form standard phrasal verbs. Its usage is typically direct.) - To catalogue something as something: To classify or list an item under a specific category. - The manuscript was catalogued as a 15th-century text.

Related Idioms

• "A veritable catalogue of...": Used to emphasize that something is a full or typical example of a series of things (often negative).
  • His speech was a veritable catalogue of complaints.

Noun

1. a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things
   • he found it in the Sears catalog
2. a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically
   • it does not pretend to be a catalog of his achievements

Verb

1. make a catalogue, compile a catalogue
   • She spends her weekends cataloguing
2. make an itemized list or catalog of; classify
   • He is cataloguing his photographic negatives