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catalogue

Pronunciation: /ˈkat(ə)lɒg/

(US catalog)
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Definition of catalogue

noun

  • a complete list of items, typically one in alphabetical or other systematic order, in particular:
  • a list of all the books or resources in a library: a computerized library catalogue
  • a publication containing details of items for sale, especially one produced by a mail-order company: a mail-order catalogue
  • a list of works of art in an exhibition or collection, with detailed comments and explanations: this collection of paintings is the subject of a detailed catalogue
  • US a list of courses offered by a university or college.
  • [in singular] a series of unwelcome or unpleasant things:his life was a catalogue of dismal failures

verb (catalogues, cataloguing, catalogued; US also catalogs, cataloging, cataloged)

[with object]
  • make a systematic list of (items of the same type): it will be some time before the collection is fully catalogued
  • enter (an item) in a catalogue: the picture was withdrawn before being catalogued
  • list (similar situations, qualities, or events) in succession:the report catalogues dangerous work practices in the company

Derivatives

cataloguer

(US also cataloger) noun

Origin:

late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin catalogus, from Greek katalogos, from katalegein 'pick out or enrol'

Spelling help

Remember that catalogue ends with -logue (the spelling catalog is American).

catalogue in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of catalogue in the US English dictionary