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noun cat·a·log \ ˈka-tə-ˌlȯg , -ˌläg \

variants: or catalogue

Definition of catalog

1 :list, register

a catalog of the band's songs

2 a :a complete enumeration of items arranged systematically with descriptive details

a catalog of the company's products

b :a pamphlet or book that contains such a list

a mail-order catalog

a university catalog

c :material in such a list

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Examples of catalog in a Sentence

The band played many songs from their catalog of hits.
a catalog of music album titles

Recent Examples of catalog from the Web

Now, for the first time, the catalog of our BIMD videos is coming to Herald readers at MiamiHerald.com and on the Herald Sports Facebook page.

— greg cote, miamiherald, "Life was better ‘back in my day’ when the pencil was the writing utensil of choice," 30 Aug. 2017
Donald Fagen And The Nightflyers will mix songs from Fagen's solo career with classics from the Steely Dan catalog.

— jeffrey lee puckett, The Courier-Journal, "Seven Sense Festival leads Louisville's Top 5 shows Aug. 17-23," 15 Aug. 2017
Many stores offer coupons — easily found through Google searches and catalogs that are stuffed in your mailbox — that can be used during the tax-free holiday.

— anna m. tinsley, star-telegram, "Planning on tax-free shopping this weekend? Here’s how to survive and thrive," 9 Aug. 2017
David McCarthy figured the silver coin had to be one-of-a-kind after spotting it in the auction catalog.

— josh boak, The Seattle Times, "Did Alexander Hamilton hold this coin?," 31 July 2017
Unusual for a show of this size and ambition, there is no catalog, although Mr. Larsen does his best to compensate with expert labels and several short, effective slide shows.

— roberta smith, New York Times, "A Polymathic Italian Designer, With Muses and Friends," 26 July 2017
In 1999 a friend of her grandson, Claude Cassirer, who had fled Germany with Lilly, saw a photo of the painting in a catalog and contacted him.

— john rogers, The Seattle Times, "Court lets US family try to get back Nazi-looted masterpiece," 10 July 2017
Among this month’s additions to Amazon’s catalog is this ensemble comedy about friendship, empowerment and, above all, getting revenge on boorish ex-husbands.

— joshua barone, New York Times, "What’s on TV Thursday: Joyce DiDonato and ‘First Wives Club’," 6 July 2017
Just look at how the entire Internet shut down after her catalog of old songs became available on Spotify.

— christopher rosa, Glamour, "This Fan Theory Suggests Taylor Swift's New Album Has Something to Do With 'Time'," 5 July 2017

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Origin and Etymology of catalog

Middle English cathaloge, cateloge, from Medieval French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, from Greek katalogos, from katalegein to list, enumerate, from kata- + legein to gather, speak — more at legend

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First Known Use: 15th century

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catalog Synonyms

Synonyms

canon, ¹list (or catalogue), checklist, listing, menu, register, registry, roll, roll call, roster, schedule, table

Related Words

agenda, bibliography, catalogue raisonné, compendium, compilation, directory, docket, enumeration, glossary, index, inventory, manifest, payroll; calendar, chronology, timetable

catalog

verb

variants: or catalogue

Definition of catalog

cataloged or catalogued; cataloging or cataloguing

transitive verb

1 :to make a catalog of

catalog a collection of books

2 a :to enter in a catalog

b :to classify (something, such as books or information) descriptively

Scientific monographs are cataloged into a database that will be available to researchers.

intransitive verb

1 :to make or work on a catalog

2 :to become listed in a catalog at a specified price

this stamp catalogs at $2

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cataloger

or cataloguer noun

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Examples of catalog in a Sentence

They use the computer to catalog books.
The chart catalogs the results of each test.

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As The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, Facebook has been carefully targeting Silicon Valley upstarts, cataloging potential rivals in an internal database and leveraging its massive user base to neutralize any that begin to pose a threat.

— vanityfair.com, "Is Mark Zuckerberg Killing Silicon Valley?," 10 Aug. 2017
As The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, Facebook has been carefully targeting Silicon Valley upstarts, cataloging potential rivals in an internal database and leveraging its massive user base to neutralize any that begin to pose a threat.

— maya kosoff, The Hive, "Is Mark Zuckerberg Killing Silicon Valley?," 10 Aug. 2017
In the afterward to Game of Shadows, the definitive book on the BALCO scandal, authors Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wade cataloged the transmogrification of Bonds.

— tom verducci, SI.com, "Ten Years After 756, A Reminder of What Barry Bonds' Record Really Means," 7 Aug. 2017
The movement’s secrecy makes definitively cataloging its activities difficult, but this much is certain: Antifa’s power is growing.

— peter beinart, The Atlantic, "The Rise of the Violent Left," 6 Aug. 2017
Now, for the first time, researchers from the University of Adelaide in South Australia have cataloged the changing ways marine species interact with each other.

— adam aton, Scientific American, "CO2 Benefits the “Rats and Cockroaches” of Marine World," 7 July 2017
Westerling systematically cataloged wildfires in the western U.S. over several years and found that in the mid-1980s, fires in U.S. forests steadily started getting larger and burning longer.

— joshua emerson smith, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Climate change expected to fuel larger forest fires — if it hasn't already," 4 July 2017
Law enforcement officials have long grappled with how to catalog hate crimes.

— CBS News, "Most hate crimes not being reported to police, gov’t report shows," 29 June 2017
Law enforcement officials have long grappled with how to catalog hate crimes.

— Bloomberg.com, "More Than Half of Hate Crimes in U.S. Go Unreported: Report," 29 June 2017

First Known Use of catalog

1598

catalog Synonyms

Synonyms

¹list (or catalogue), enroll (also enrol), enter, index, inscribe, put down, record, register, schedule, slate

Related Words

book, card, file, note; classify, compile, tabulate, tally; reschedule

Near Antonyms

delete

CATALOG Defined for English Language Learners

catalog

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noun

Definition of catalog for English Language Learners

: a book containing a list of things that you can buy, use, etc., and often pictures
: a group of similar or related things

catalog

verb

Definition of catalog for English Language Learners

: to list or describe (something) in an organized way

CATALOG Defined for Kids

catalog

noun cat·a·log

variants: or catalogue \ˈka-tə-ˌlȯg\

Definition of catalog for Students

1 :a book containing brief descriptions of things that can be purchased or signed up for

a garden supply catalog

a college course catalogue

2 :a list of names, titles, or articles arranged by some system

catalog

verb

variants: or catalogue

Definition of catalog for Students

cataloged or catalogued; cataloging or cataloguing

1 :to make a catalog of

2 :to enter in a catalog

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cataloger

or cataloguer noun

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