Definition

1. Noun:

   • A short list of candidates or items selected from a larger group, considered the most suitable for a final decision, such as for a job, award, or prize.

2. Verb:

   • To add or include a person or item on a shortlist.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The committee will announce the shortlist for the literary prize next week.
  • After reviewing all applications, we have created a shortlist of five candidates for interview.

• Verb:

  • Three companies were shortlisted for the construction contract.
  • Her novel has been shortlisted for a major international award.

Advanced Usage

• "To make the shortlist": To be selected for inclusion on a shortlist.
  • He was delighted to make the shortlist for the manager position.
• "To be on the shortlist": To be included among the final candidates.
  • Being on the shortlist is a significant achievement in itself.

Variants and Related Words

• Shortlisted (adj): Describing a person or item that has been placed on a shortlist.
  • The shortlisted authors will attend a ceremony.
• Longlist (n): An initial, longer list from which a shortlist is created.
  • The book first appeared on the longlist before making the shortlist.

Synonyms

• Noun: Final list, select list, candidate list.
• Verb: Select, choose, nominate, advance.

Related Phrases

• "To draw up a shortlist": To create or compile a shortlist.
  • The panel will draw up a shortlist by the end of the month.
• "To narrow down to a shortlist": To reduce a larger group to a final, smaller list.
  • We need to narrow down these fifty proposals to a shortlist of ten.

Noun

1. a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen

Verb

1. put someone or something on a short list