catalogue

/'kætəlɔg/

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Explanation of the Word "Catalogue"

Part of Speech: Noun and Verb

Summary

A catalogue is a helpful tool for organizing and listing items. You can use it both as a noun (to refer to the list itself) and as a verb (to describe the action of creating such a list).

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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

Synonyms

• catalog