HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of catalogue | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈkæt.əˌlɒɡ

Definitions

  1. A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc
  2. A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.
  3. A complete (usually alphabetical or chronological) list of items
  4. A complete (usually alphabetical or chronological) list of items.
  5. A series, as of names or words, printed or written down:list, register, roll, roster, schedule.
  6. A list of all the publications in a library; a library catalogue
  7. A list of all the publications in a library; a library catalogue.
  8. To register in or as if in a book:book, enroll, inscribe, list, set down, write down.
  9. A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery
  10. A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery.
  11. (a book containing) an ordered list of names, goods, books etc. a library catalogue. katalogus قائِمَه، فِهْرسْت، كاتالوج каталог catálogo katalog der Katalog katalog κατάλογοςcatálogo kataloog دفتر راهنما؛ کاتالوگ luettelo catalogueקטלוג नामावली, नाम सूची katalog, popis katalógus katalog (bóka-/vöru)skrá catalogo カタログ 카탈로그 katalogas katalogs katalog cataloguskatalog, alfabetisk listekatalog اساسى لست (دكتابو، نومو او ځايو): لست جوړول، كيټلاك جوړول catálogo catalog каталог katalóg seznam kata...
    etc
  12. A book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution that gives a definitive description of the institution, its history, courses and degrees offered, etc
  13. A book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution that gives a definitive description of the institution, its history, courses and degrees offered, etc.
    US
  14. to put in an ordered list. She catalogued the books in alphabetical order of author's name. katalogiseer يُسَجِّلُ في قائِمَه، يُفَهْرِس подреждам catalogar zapsat do seznamu, sestavit katalog katalogisieren registrere; katalogisere ταξινομώcatalogar kataloogima فهرست کردن luetteloida cataloguer לְקַטלֵג सूची पत्र बनाना popisati, katalogizirati lajstromoz, katalogizál mendaftar skrá (skipulega) catalogare 目録をつくる (~의) 목록을 만들다 kataloguoti kataloģizēt mengkatalogkan catalogiserenkatalogisere, la...
  15. A list or itemized display, as of titles, course offerings, or articles for exhibition or sale, usually including descriptive information or illustrations.
  16. A directory listing.
    dated
  17. A list or enumeration: a catalog of complaints.
  18. A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.
  19. A card catalog.
  20. A series of unwelcome or unpleasant things, often similar.
    figuratively, singular
  21. To make an itemized list of: catalog a record collection.
  22. To list or include in a catalog.
  23. To make a catalog.

Equivalents

Examples

“[T]he charge of my moſt curious, and coſtly ingredients fraide, amounting to ſome ſeaventeene thouſand crovvnes, a trifle in reſpect of health, vvriting your noble name in my Catalogue, I ſhall acknovvledge my ſelfe amply ſatisfi'd.”
“He intended to publish a flora of the island, and drafted out a synonymic catalogue, into which he inserted from time to time elaborate descriptions drawn up from living specimens of the species which he was able to procure.”
“The program generates a catalogue of the files on the cartridge selected by the user, reads the catalogue into memory and erases the cartridge copy, so that an up-to-date copy is always generated.”
“BBCFiles is a BBC file converter that converts between some of the various types of files used by BBC emulators on Acorn & PC formats. It supports 6502Em style applications & scripts, /ssd dfs disc images (supporting watford double catalogue), vanilla directories, /zip of bbc files with /inf files (with limitations) and directory of bbc files with /inf files.”
“It has two extra options using extended syntax. CAT - an extended catalogue but not as detailed as some I've seen. ( The reason that the Spectrum CAT command is restricted is that it cleverly uses the 512 bytes data buffer of the microdrive channel to sort the filenames - hence the limit of 50 ten-character filenames )”
“The accident followed a catalogue of errors.”
“Near-synonym: litany”
“The Reds were on the back foot early on when a catalogue of defensive errors led to Ramires giving Chelsea the lead. Jay Spearing conceded possession in midfield and Ramires escaped Jose Enrique far too easily before scoring at the near post with a shot Reina should have saved.”
“"A catalogue of basic errors resulted in this tragedy," said HM Chief Inspector of Railways Ian Prosser CBE.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See all C2 English words →

See also

Learn this word in context

See catalogue used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free