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The definition of a catalog is a list of something, or a book or pamphlet containing a list.

(noun)

An example of a catalog is a library's list of all of the books it has available.
An example of a catalog is a booklet showing everything a store has for sale.

Catalog means to make a list, be part of a list or to classify.

(verb)

An example of catalog is to reshelve books in their correct category in a library.

See catalog in Webster's New World College Dictionary

or catalogue

noun

a complete or extensive list, esp.

☆ an alphabetical card file, as of the books in a library
a list of articles for sale, school courses offered, items on display, etc., usually with descriptive comments and often with illustrations
a book or pamphlet containing such a list
a long list, as of warriors, rivers, or ships, characteristic of the classical epic

Origin: Fr catalogue < LL catalogus < Gr katalogos, a list, register < katalegein, to reckon, list < kata-, down, completely + legein, to say, count: see logic

transitive verb, intransitive verb cataloged or catalogued, cataloging or cataloguing

to enter in a catalog
to make a catalog of

Related Forms:

cataloger noun or cataloguer or catalogist or cataloguist

See catalog in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or cat·a·logue

noun

a. A list or itemized display, as of titles, course offerings, or articles for exhibition or sale, usually including descriptive information or illustrations.
b. A publication, such as a book or pamphlet, containing such a list or display: a catalog of fall fashions; a seed catalog.
A list or enumeration: “the long catalogue of his concerns: unemployment, housing, race, drugs, the decay of the inner city, the environment and family life” (Anthony Holden).
A card catalog.

verb cat·a·loged or cat·a·logued, cat·a·log·ing or cat·a·logu·ing, cat·a·logs or cat·a·logues

verb, transitive

To make an itemized list of: catalog a record collection.
a. To list or include in a catalog.
b. To classify (a book or publication, for example) according to a categorical system.

verb, intransitive