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catalog
[kat-l-awg, -og]
noun
a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material.
a stamp catalog.
Synonyms: , ,something that contains such a list or record, as a book, leaflet, or file.
a list of the contents of a library or a group of libraries, arranged according to any of various systems.
Synonyms: , ,any list or record.
a catalog of complaints.
verb (used with object)
to enter (items) in a catalog; make a catalog of.
verb (used without object)
to produce a catalog.
to have a specified price as listed in a catalog.
This model catalogs for $49.95.
to offer merchandise in a mail-order catalog.
adjective
of, relating to, or carrying on business through a mail-order catalog.
catalog sales.
Other Word Forms
- cataloger noun
- cataloguer noun
- catalogist noun
- cataloguist noun
- catalogic adjective
- catalogical adjective
- catalogistic adjective
- miscatalog verb (used with object)
- miscatalogue verb (used with object)
- noncatalog adjective
- noncatalogue adjective
- recatalog verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
While the Beach Boys tour was a hit-based performance, with this iteration, we’re more introspective, deeper cuts, performing much of the 1970s catalog.
His vast catalog of incomparable achievement also contained thwarted hopes and despair amid his drug abuse and mental illness.
As his confidence grew, Wilson’s compositions became more majestic and complex as he pieced together a far-reaching catalog of music while his band mates toured the world without him — just as he preferred.
"Here, the 'art' enters the service of Marxist propaganda for conscientious objection," the catalog essay continued, referring to the practice of resisting conscription on moral grounds, even under threat of punishment by the state.
Disappointingly, there is no catalog, but fragments of the art’s fun-drenched analog Wayback Machine are destined to live on in digital ether.
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When To Use
A catalog is a list or record of items. It is sometimes spelled catalogue.It commonly refers to a list of things being offered, such as items for sale or courses at a school. The point of such a catalog is typically to arrange the information in an orderly way—often with descriptions—so that the items can be easily found.The word often refers to a printed copy of the list, especially in the context of items available for purchase from a particular company.Catalog can also be used to refer to a collection of works, such as by a particular artist, as in I love every album in her catalog.A card catalog is a file containing information about the books and other materials held in a library. Card catalogs were once commonly physical cabinets of drawers containing cards but now often exist as online catalogs.Sometimes, catalog is used in a very general way as another way of saying list, as in a catalog of complaints.Catalog can also be used as a verb meaning to record items with a list, as in Please catalog all of the new titles.Example: The course catalog lists all of the classes that are available to take.
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