Meaning of bucket list | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A list of tasks arising during a meeting that are put aside to be dealt with later.
   idiomatic
2. A list of things to accomplish before one's death.
   idiomatic
3. A list of things to accomplish before a certain deadline or in a certain time period.
   broadly, idiomatic
4. A data structure containing buckets used in a hashing algorithm.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“A "bucket" list is simply a formal procedure for recording items of concern⟳ that arise⟳ during work⟳ on other agenda items.”

“The figures and section drawings contain⟳ many of the most important locus numbers. We are not publishing a complete⟳ bucket list.”

“As you go through each step during the session, keep⟳ a "bucket list" of items that will need⟳ followup action”

“Focus⟳ on only one issue⟳ at a time. Whenever a new issue⟳ arises, don't ignore⟳ it, but don't allow⟳ the meeting to get⟳ distracted from the current topic. Always record⟳ each new issue⟳ on a posted "parking lot" or "bucket list" in the meeting room.”

“Q: What projects are you working on now and in the near future? [Rob⟳ Reiner] I'm hoping by the end⟳ of October to be shooting a film I've been working on called "The Bucket List," starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. […] They find⟳ out they are terminal. They know⟳ they don't have⟳ much longer to live⟳. It's about working out the issues you need⟳ to work⟳ out before you die⟳. […] Q: Do you have⟳ your own⟳ "bucket list"? [Reiner] You know⟳, I don't. I've gone on with my life always trying to do positive things and make⟳ things better and the world better. […] I want⟳ to see⟳ my kids do well, but that's not a "bucket list"”

“I'm a helicopter pilot, not a writer. Still, it's been a dream⟳ of mine to someday write⟳ a book. It's ranked near the top on my list of things I want⟳ to do someday, my "bucket list," if you will.”

“"They told me hiking down into the canyon was on their bucket list." / She nodded. "I hear⟳ that all the time. People all over the world have⟳ the Grand Canyon on their bucket list." / Jake frowned. "I don't have⟳ a bucket list."”

“The beauty of bucket lists is that just as they represent⟳ us and our dreams, like⟳ us they also grow⟳ and change⟳. You will be surprised once you have⟳ begun the bucket list journey at how opportunities spring⟳ up around you. New ideas beg⟳ to be added to your list. Even the act of completing a bucket list goal can be the source of further exploration.”

“a winter bucket list”

“Using a bucket list structure⟳[…], the program⟳ sorts each incoming word serially, constructing a list within each of 256 buckets for good words of a given alphabetic range […]”

“In place⟳ of direct⟳ storage in the block⟳ we might substitute pointers to linked bucket lists of the elements having the same hash addresses. After hashing B#95;x and retrieving the pointer to the appropriate bucket list, we search⟳ the list for B#95;x, and if not found, add⟳ it to the end⟳ of the list.”

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