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shortlist Definition

short·list (s̸hôrtlist′)

noun

Chiefly Brit. a list of those candidates for a position, award, etc. not eliminated in the preliminary selection process, from which the final choice will be made

transitive verb

to place on a shortlist

shortlist Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • announce: I look forward to announcing the shortlist for the Prime Minister's award for Better Public Building later this summer.
  • compile: Councilors are compiling a shortlist of famous figures who they feel deserve a place in Edinburgh's history books.
  • select: Young reviewers competed for places on the panel to choose the winners from a shortlist selected by adults.
  • beat: Falmouth Gallery beat a shortlist of four other British Art Galleries.
  • reach: We will then inform the writers who have reached the shortlist by the 10th of July 2006.
  • choose: These sophisticated online tools offer great value to intending purchasers seeking to choose an appropriate shortlist of suppliers.

Adjective modifier

  • all-women: The Labor Party has apologized for imposing a all-women shortlist on Blaenau Gwent at the General Election.
  • all-woman: The all-woman shortlist, in short, has been a crucial weapon in the fight to secure more women MPs representing Welsh seats.
  • provisional: All have played their part in helping us draw up our provisional shortlist.
  • final: CPS was in the final shortlist of two, along with NCP.

Modifies a noun

  • candidate: It will not be considered alongside your application when we shortlist candidates.

Noun used with modifier

  • view: To view the vehicles in your shortlist, simply click view shortlist.
  • prise: Museum prize shortlist unveiled BBC Birmingham, UK - .. .

Preposition: of

  • finalist: An independent judging panel met in July to agree a shortlist of three finalists per category.
  • bidder: A shortlist of bidders will be drawn up following close of bidding at midnight every Sunday.
  • contender: A shortlist of six contenders also included boxer Lennox Lewis, tennis player Tim Henman and world triple jump champion Jonathan Edwards.
  • candidate: We can identify a shortlist of candidates, using your vacancy criteria.
  • nomination: ENTRY INFORMATION All nominations will be considered and a shortlist of 3 nominations per category will be decided.
  • applicant: A shortlist of applicants may be invited for interview.

Preposition: for

  • award: Roehampton graduate Yvonne Wake, reached the shortlist for a prestigious national nutrition award in recognition of her project on childhood obesity.

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