ALL meanings of shortlist
short list
S s - noun shortlist a list of those people or items preferred or most likely to be chosen, as winnowed from a longer list of possibilities. 1
- verb with object shortlist to put on a short list. 1
- noun shortlist list: chosen finalists 1
- transitive verb shortlist choose as finalist 1
- countable noun shortlist If someone is on a shortlist, for example for a job or a prize, they are one of a small group of people who have been chosen from a larger group. The successful person is then chosen from the small group. 0
- verb shortlist If someone or something is shortlisted for a job or a prize, they are put on a shortlist. 0
- noun shortlist a list of suitable applicants for a job, post, etc, from which the successful candidate will be selected 0
- verb shortlist to put (someone) on a shortlist 0
- noun shortlist a list of those candidates for a position, award, etc. not eliminated in the preliminary selection process, from which the final choice will be made 0
- verb transitive shortlist to place on a shortlist 0