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noun

ˈka-tə-ˌlȯg How to pronounce catalog (audio)
variants or catalogue
Definition of catalognext
as in list
a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system a catalog of music album titles

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catalog

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verb

variants or catalogue
as in to list
to put (someone or something) on a list cataloged the latest additions to the collection

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Recent Examples of catalog
Noun
Featuring two retrospective shorts from the Aubin catalogue alongside the New York premiere of AND AGAIN I DREAM. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026 The objective isn’t to give directors a catalog of every productivity tool employees use. — Simone Grimes, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
Investigators searching the case turn up human remains, execution tapes, Polaroids and film canisters cataloging years of violence. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 Prosecuting just one case can mean accessing, reviewing, cataloging and storing thousands of digital files. — Susan Sarkauskas, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for catalog
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catalog
  1. list
  2. record
  3. listing
  4. enter
  5. index
Noun
  • For years, Connecticut’s position atop the list of states with the priciest electric bills has served as an election-year mantra for Republicans and other critics of the state’s climate-conscious energy strategy.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Even more surprising is the list of prominent customers with delinquent accounts.
    — Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of list
Verb
  • The Wildcats defense came up big on Colorado’s fourth drive when Brus recorded a tackle for a loss on fourth-and-2 at the NU 27.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • That’s exactly what happened when Forrest Purdy and his two daughters came across the rapper on their way into Sheeran’s concert and began recording his performance on their phones.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of record
Noun
  • For example, according to TechSpot, Amazon integrated Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet model to match author information with product listings.
    — Paul Deraval, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • At that scale, a US listing offers him dollar liquidity, index inclusion, and institutional capital the Nigerian Exchange can’t match.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of listing
Verb
  • Vilmantas Vitkauskas, head of the crisis center, told Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT that the drone most likely entered from Belarus.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Here are four rules leaders should consider as reputation management enters this new era.
    — Evan Nierman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of enter
Verb
  • Find out which documents require a resident login and whether search engines can index anything posted on the association's website.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Interestingly, IDScan’s breach notification page doesn’t appear in major search results because the company added code to the site to prevent web crawlers from indexing it.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of index

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“Catalog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catalog. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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