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