The definition of a shortlist is a list of people or things for a final choice.
(noun)An example of a shortlist is the final list of people eligible to run for student body president.
Shortlist is defined as to place someone or something on the final list from which a selection will be made.
(verb)An example of shortlist is to put a film on the final list for a movie award.
See shortlist in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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See shortlist in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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