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- [kat-l-awg, -og]
- /ˈkæt lˌɔg, -ˌɒg/
- /ˈkæt.əl.ɒɡ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kat-l-awg, -og]
- /ˈkæt lˌɔg, -ˌɒg/
Definitions of catalog word
- countable noun catalog A catalog is a list of things such as the goods you can buy from a particular company, the objects in a museum, or the books in a library. 3
- countable noun catalog A catalog of similar things, especially bad things, is a number of them considered or discussed one after another. 3
- noun catalog a complete or extensive list 3
- noun catalog an alphabetical card file, as of the books in a library 3
- noun catalog a list of articles for sale, school courses offered, items on display, etc., usually with descriptive comments and often with illustrations 3
- noun catalog a book or pamphlet containing such a list 3
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Origin of catalog
First appearance:
before 1425 One of the 25% oldest English words
1425-75; late Middle English cataloge < Late Latin catalogus < Greek katálogos a register (akin to katalégein to count up), equivalent to kata- cata- + -logos reckoning
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Parts of speech for Catalog
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catalog popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
catalog usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for catalog
noun catalog
- list — Friedrich [free-drik] /ˈfri drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1789–1846, U.S. political economist and journalist, born in Germany.
- catalogue — A catalogue is a list of things such as the goods you can buy from a particular company, the objects in a museum, or the books in a library.
- book — A book is a number of pieces of paper, usually with words printed on them, which are fastened together and fixed inside a cover of stronger paper or cardboard. Books contain information, stories, or poetry, for example.
- inventory — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
- file — a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
verb catalog
- classify — To classify things means to divide them into groups or types so that things with similar characteristics are in the same group.
- assemble — When people assemble or when someone assembles them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular purpose such as a meeting.
- compile — When you compile something such as a report, book, or programme, you produce it by collecting and putting together many pieces of information.
- arrange — If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.
- categorize — If you categorize people or things, you divide them into sets or you say which set they belong to.
Top questions with catalog
- what on earth catalog?
- who owns the beatles music catalog?
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