catalog

or cat·a·logue

[ kat-l-awg, -og ]

noun

1. 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: record, register, roster

2. something that contains such a list or record, as a book, leaflet, or file.
3. a list of the contents of a library or a group of libraries, arranged according to any of various systems. Compare card catalog, online catalog, union catalog.

   Synonyms: record, register, roster

4. any list or record:

   a catalog of complaints.

verb (used with object)

, cat·a·loged or cat·a·logued, cat·a·log·ing or cat·a·logu·ing.

1. to enter (items) in a catalog; make a catalog of.

verb (used without object)

, cat·a·loged or cat·a·logued, cat·a·log·ing or cat·a·logu·ing.

1. to produce a catalog.
2. to have a specified price as listed in a catalog:

   This model catalogs for $49.95.

3. to offer merchandise in a mail-order catalog.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or carrying on business through a mail-order catalog:

   catalog sales.

Other Words From

• cata·loger cata·loguer cata·logist cata·loguist noun
• cat·a·log·ic [kat-l-, oj, -ik], cata·logi·cal cat·a·lo·gis·tic [kat-l-oh-, jis, -tik], adjective
• mis·cata·log mis·cata·logue verb (used with object) miscataloged or miscatalogued miscataloging or miscataloguing
• non·cata·log non·cata·logue adjective
• re·cata·log verb (used with object) recataloged or recataogued recataloging or recataloguing

Word History and Origins

Origin of catalog¹

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English cataloge, from Late Latin catalogus, from Greek katálogos “a register” (akin to katalégein “to count up”), equivalent to kata- “down, against, back” + -logos reckoning; cata-

Synonym Study

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Example Sentences

Spotify has also added audiobooks to its catalog.

From Los Angeles Times

The costumes of Naomi Yoshida deserve their own glossy catalog, so vibrant are the colors and so expressive the silhouettes.

From Los Angeles Times

For those who have been watching the great Texas psych-rock trio headline festivals for what seems like a decade, remember — you can be relatively known with a decent back catalog and still be a best new artist.

From Los Angeles Times

Since then, Gutierrez, a satellite systems engineer, has made it his mission to catalog every stairway in the Greater Los Angeles area, including those near his home in Long Beach.

From Los Angeles Times

For a while there, relations between the ex-bandmates seemed at risk of scotching a lucrative deal to sell Pink Floyd’s catalog — a deal that eventually went through this year when the band handed over the rights to its recorded work to Sony Music for a reported $400 million.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• book
• catalogue
• file
• inventory
• list
• prospectus