- list
- [[t]lɪ̱st[/t]]
♦1) N-COUNT: oft N of n A list of things such as names or addresses is a set of them which all belong to a particular category, written down one below the other.→ See also , hit list, , laundry list, , shopping list, waiting list
We are making a list of the top ten men we would not want to be married to...
There were six names on the list.
...fine wine from the hotel's exhaustive wine list.
2) N-COUNT: oft N of n A list of things is a set of them that you think of as being in a particular order.High on the list of public demands is to end military control of broadcasting...
I would have thought if they were looking for redundancies I would be last on the list...
`First City' joined a long list of failed banks.
3) VERB To list several things such as reasons or names means to write or say them one after another, usually in a particular order.[V n] The pupils were asked to list the sports they loved most and hated most...
[V n] Ingredients are listed in order of the amount used.
4) VERB To list something in a particular way means to include it in that way in a list or report.[V n prep] A medical examiner has listed the deaths as homicides...
[V-ed] He was not listed under his real name on the residents panel.
5) VERB In sailing, if something, especially a ship, lists, it leans over to one side. [TECHNICAL]The ship listed again, and she was thrown back across the bunk.
N-SINGList is also a noun.The ship's list was so strong now that almost at once she stumbled.
6) → See also , listing
English dictionary. 2008.
