shortlist
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Definition
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.
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
- a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
Verb
- put someone or something on a short list