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list1

Syllabification: (list)
Pronunciation: /list/
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Definition of list

noun

  • 1a number of connected items or names written or printed consecutively, typically one below the other:consult the list of drugs on page 326 writing a shopping list figurativetourism is at the top of the list of potential job creators
  • Computing a formal structure analogous to a list by which items of data can be stored or processed in a definite order.
    [ late 16th century: from French liste, of Germanic origin]
  • 2 (lists) historical barriers enclosing an area for a jousting tournament.
  • the scene of a contest or combat.
    [ late Middle English: from Old French lisse]
  • 3a selvage of a piece of fabric.
    [ Middle English, from Old English liste 'border', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lijst and German Leiste]

verb

[with object]
  • 1make a list of:I have listed four reasons below
  • include or enter in a list:93 men were still listed as missing
  • [no object] (list at/for) be on a list of products at (a specified price):the bottom-of-the-line Mercedes lists for $52,050
  • 2 archaic enlist for military service.

Phrases

enter the lists

issue or accept a challenge.

Derivatives

listable

adjective

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